Irish artist paints the reality Syrian city, Aleppo

Brian Maguire returned from Aleppo intent on painting the reality of what he’d seen in the Syrian city, writes Alan O’Riordan.

Brian Maguire returned from Aleppo intent on painting the reality of what he’d seen in the Syrian city, writes Alan O’Riordan.

The ever-increasing complexity of the Syrian war, and the difficulty this presented for news reporting, was crystallised during the Syrian army’s final assault on east Aleppo, between late 2015 and early 2016, which ended with Damascus reestablishing control and tens of thousands of people being evacuated, mostly to areas held by the Assad regime.