ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - The deep perfume of olive and laurel oil hangs in the air of old Aleppo, home to an ancient soap industry that has enjoyed a renaissance since the government lifted crippling ...

The UN's cultural organisation added Aleppo's famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list Tuesday with Syria's second city again wracked by war. Artisans have brewed olive and laurel oil in ...

SANTENY, France (Reuters) - A Syrian soapmaker who fled Aleppo after the factory he worked in was bombed has set up shop in a Paris suburb, reviving a tradition he says dates back millennia. Hassan ...

Artisans have been using the same methods from 3,000 years to make the famous Aleppo soap - Copyright AFP/File - Artisans have been using the same methods from 3,000 ...