Background: Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in an ostensible peacekeeping role - were withdrawn in April of 2005. Over the past decade, Syria and Israel have held occasional peace talks over the return of the Golan Heights.
May 15th 2008Middle East » Syria So after my last entry I went to find some lunch on the way I bumped into one of my roommates who suggested the cafe in the botanical gardens as it did good chicken sandwiches! Thinking that this wou ... [full story]
May 14th 2008Middle East » Syria
Once the veges were chopped and cleared away I read for a while and looked at the view which is very similar to the mountains in Dubai these are slightly redder but similar none the less.
Lunch ... [full story]
May 13th 2008Middle East » Syria So after leaving here I went and met up with Jillian and went to a cafe where there is a 'traditional' Arabic storyteller. Met up with Tiana (Finnish) and Pascal. It was very dramatic though I dont ... [full story]
February 1st 2008Middle East » Syria » Hama Do you remember the time when you were a little kid and loved listening to fairy-tales or reading books full of adventures from places somewhere beyond the horizon and far far away. Tales of powerful ... 39 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008Middle East » Syria » Damascus So following the last entry I returned to the hotel where I met Peter he had just arrived in Damascus and was here for only one day. Went out for supper close by the hotel and whilst it was really qu ... [full story]
May 8th 2008Middle East » Syria » Damascus Last night I went to the famous Beit Al Jabrin which is located in the back streets of Damascus. It was just Matt and I as Pascale has gone up to Palymra now. The food was okay but came in massive p ... [full story]
May 7th 2008Middle East » Syria » Damascus Last night after writing this I went back to the hotel and eventually decided to go for supper! Went out with Matt (English) and Pascale (Canadian) to a restaurant that had a good review in the lonel ... [full story]
May 6th 2008Middle East » Syria » Damascus After a mild panic mid air I realised that the plane was going to Bahrain as well as Kuwait! Anyhow after a massive amount of travelling Dubai, Bahrain, Kuwait I arrived in Syria.
The initial flig ... [full story]
April 17th 2008Middle East » Syria » Aleppo As I think I've said before, Syria is far underrated by westerners. In Aleppo we found lovely, welcoming people with ingrained hospitality as well as beautiful architecture and great culture in gener ... 5 photos[full story]
April 16th 2008Middle East » Syria » Krak Des Chevaliers Crac de Chevaliers, home of Richard Lionheart, in the middle of Crusader country. Doesn't that just bring back memories of all those good (and bad) movies about knights, crusaders, arab wars and the ... 14 photos[full story]
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