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The Ade Syria Tour - Day 2 – Damascus City Tour

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December 20th 2008
Our day started bright and early at 7:30am in the Safran restaurant where mum proceeded to eat the entire buffet. The breakfast was lovely however so I couldn’t really blame her. Abdul met us in the reception of the hotel at 9:30am and we wandered off to start our city tour of Damascus. First stop was the museum were we got to freeze our little fingers and toes off. Mum made the comment that m ... read more

Middle East » Syria » South » Damascus

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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