A UNESCO Heritage with Global Appeal The UNESCO-protected tradition of Aleppo soapmaking, dating back thousands of years, represents one of humanity's earliest successful formulations ...

Soap makers in the Syrian city of Aleppo have been in business for centuries and have survived civil war, sanctions and ...

The UN's cultural organisation added Aleppo's famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list on Tuesday with Syria's second city again wracked by war. Artisans have brewed olive and laurel ...

The historic Baron Hotel in Syria’s Aleppo is dilapidated ... The ancient souks where Aleppo’s famed olive oil soap is piled up in stacks for sale has been reduced in many places to little ...