Aleppo the 5,000 year old biblical city is where Abraham grazed sheep, where Alexander the Great built monuments and where Shakespeare made mention of Aleppo twice.

Its history makes its genocide all the worse. Because the US was so deceived and war weary the King and mercenaries were left alone to wage war upon this country driven to the cities due to constant drought and crop failure.

In this age it is the first of many such tragedies.