Damascene style house

Damascus - nice place, pity about the people

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May 17th 2010
It is claimed Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world - the name evokes all sorts of mystical images; majestic buildings, trade routes and caravans, markets and mosques. The modern day central city is built on top of literally thousands of years of other buildings. The rest of Syria is also strewn with historic buildings, ruins and castles from years of rule by empires more ... 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