Bombed-out cafe reopens in Aleppo's Armenian quarter
The eatery in Midan, Aleppo's main Armenian district, was shuttered for four years after violence reached the city in 2012. But it reopened in June, six months after the government recaptured all of the city, AFP reports.
Relaxed laughter and giggling children have replaced the boom of explosions in the restaurant, nestled between the Armenian Society and the St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic church.
"It's like a dream to be here," said Taline Menassian, looking around at the dozens of customers in the restaurant. Menassian is a member of the Armenian Society, which kept its doors open although the affiliated eatery was boarded up.
The cafe opened in 2007, and quickly became a favoured haunt for residents of Midan because of its family atmosphere and leafy terrace, where plastic chairs and tables are illuminated by hanging lanterns.
"We told ourselves that if this cafe reopened, the people would come back," said Menassian. "We're all one family here," she said emotionally.
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