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From Homs to Aleppo: A Journey Through the Destruction of the Syrian War: Part 1: Homs
Susan SchulmanRUSI Journal, 13 February 2018
Syria, Resilience, Middle East and North Africa
In November 2017, photojournalist Susan Schulman visited Syria with the intention of looking at the challenges of reconstruction in Homs and Aleppo – two of the cities that symbolise the devastating seven-year conflict.
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