ALEPPO, Syria: Instead of colourful, handmade caps for sale to Syrians and foreign tourists, Zakaria Mosuli — the last tailor in Aleppo’s battered Old City — now sews military headwear almost exclusively for soldiers.

More than five years of war have turned Aleppo’s historic city centre, a UNESCO-listed World Heritage site home to an imposing citadel, into a makeshift military barracks.

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