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Eid Break Chapter 1: Damascus

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October 20th 2007
This is the first and will be the longest section of a three-part section covering the Eid Break that I just got back from yesterday. This post will be on Damascus, the next one will be a short section on Aleppo and the final part is going to detail my trip to Aqaba and Wadi Rum. This is going to be a long entry because this was a packed trip and I don't have this amount of free time again so we ... 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