Syrian duty free shop.

A one day excursion to Aleppo, Syria

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July 19th 2008
There are two separate parts to this trip, both of equal amount of time of satisfaction. Border Crossing and City exploration. I will talk only about the border crossing here and Aleppo in another entry. On the way to Syria, Syrians asked all the Americans, and no one else, to go with them. Turned out they wanted nothing more than our parents' names. What surprised me at the border is tha ... read more

Middle East » Syria » North » Aleppo

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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