Plea to move work back into war-torn city (6)

I believe the answer is:

aleppo

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'war-torn city' is the definition.
'aleppo' can be an answer for 'city' (Aleppo is an example). I am not sure about the 'war-torn' bit.

'plea to move work back' is the wordplay.
'to move' indicates an anagram.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'op' backwards is 'po'.
'plea' with letters rearranged gives 'alep'.
'alep'+'po'='ALEPPO'

'into' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for aleppo that I've seen before include "Foreign city" , "City in Syria - lop ape (anag)" , "Middle East city" , "Ancient city, in Syria" , "Lap Poe around the Syrian city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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