Inside the mosque

Syria

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August 30th 2006
Left Jordan and entered into GW Bush's "axis of evil", but apart from thousands of Hezbollah posters haven't seen much sign of evil!! After travelling the road to Damascas...thankfully not becoming blind in the process, we spent the afternoon exploring the maze of laneways in the old city. Damascas is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world and has some facinating places to ... 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