A view from the first city taken by the rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad, scene of a brutal Russian-backed 2012-2016 siege.

The historic Baron Hotel in Syria’s Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by years of war but still standing and ready for a revival, much like the city itself. Aleppo’s old city, designated a Unesco World Heritage site, was ravaged by the conflict that erupted after a government crackdown on protests in 2011.

Amid the devastation of Aleppo's past and present, Syrians reflect on the harrowing legacy of war, the loss of lives, and the hope for a better future.View on euronews

A car bomb detonated in central Manbij, located in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, causing fatalities and injuries. Initial investigations suggest the bombing may be linked to cells affiliated with the PKK organization.

While many people welcome the departure of the tyrant, this does not erase the years of violence during which the regime strove to pit one community against another.

A Syrian Air flight from Damascus landed in Aleppo on Wednesday, as the transitional government tries to demonstrate its ability to run the war-shattered country.

Fourteen officers from Syria's interim Ministry of Interior were killed and ten others injured in a "treacherous ambush" in the northwestern province of Tartus on Wednesday, the interim government's Interior Minister Mohammed Abdul Rahman announced.

The battle for Aleppo fractured the city along social and economic lines. Whether people here can live together again will help decide the fate of a new Syria.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Kurdish militants in Syria will either lay down their weapons or "be buried", amid hostilities between Turkey-backed Syrian fighters and the militants since the fall of Bashar al-Assad this month.

Concerns are mounting that President-elect Trump could face an ISIS resurgence in Syria as Turkey-backed forces hit U.S.-allied SDF troops in a move that could divide the coalitions abilities to fight ISIS.

As Israeli aggression in Gaza, Lebanon, and Post-Assad Syria deepens human suffering and regional instability, and amid growing international calls for ceasefires and de-escalation, Ahram Online covered the latest developments in the Middle East as they unfolded on Wednesday,