article_snippet: Before: This photograph showing the area around Aleppo's old citadel was taken of November 21, 2010 - a year before the Syrian Civil War broke out .
article_snippet: And after: On October 22, 2014 - less than four years after the above image was captured - the area around Aleppo's citadel is seen largely destroyed .
article_snippet: This photograph showing the area around Aleppo's old citadel taken on October 12, 2011 shows the elaborate shrine to ancient Islamic icons Uwais al-Qurani and Ammar Ibn Yasser in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa .
article_snippet: This photograph showing the area around Aleppo's old citadel was taken on October 6, 2014 .
article_snippet: This photograph dated September 4, 2011 shows the ancient Syrian border city of Dura-Europos, which was considered a UNESCO world heritage site .
article_snippet: Holes in the ground around Dura-Europos reveal the extent of looting in the area by April 2, 2014 .