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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 ... [read more]
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 ... [read more] Blog: It's good to be American... 5+ hours for a Syrian visa for Americans only! (**Free and immediate processing for North Koreans)
Date: August 1st 2007
Coming from a country with fairly poor diplomatic relations with so many countries have had it's downs and downs. For one, individual travel is banned from several countries like Iran, Sudan and North Korea. Another is the enormous amount of anti-American conversations I've had (yawwwwwn) along my travels. So the experience at the Jordanian/Syrian border was just another friendly reminder of the w ... read more
Date: August 1st 2007
Coming from a country with fairly poor diplomatic relations with so many countries have had it's downs and downs. For one, individual travel is banned from several countries like Iran, Sudan and North Korea. Another is the enormous amount of anti-American conversations I've had (yawwwwwn) along my travels. So the experience at the Jordanian/Syrian border was just another friendly reminder of the w ... read more
