Possible Clues:

• Syrian city at one end of the ancient Silk Road
• Sales support essential for this city
• Syrian city, near the Turkish border
• Mideast city with an eponymous pepper
• City of northern Syria
• Area with sign about double parking in Syrian city?
• Similar to 24 across having father from Oxford, a city with Syrians spending pounds?
• Largest city in Syria before the massive damage of the civil war
• War-torn Syrian spot
• City in northern Syria