Eating Ice cream

Damascus

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October 30th 2009
Damascus Some of our group are doing a day trip into Lebanon which periodically closes its border to tours. Kate did the tour last April and the border was closed shortly after. I am sure the closure had nothing to do with Kate’s visit. From our camp it is a Taxi ride into Damascus central so at 9am 12 of us walked about 1 km to wave down a Taxi and it was a small mini bus that pulled up. These ... 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