Statue of Saladin

Damascus - old city

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December 6th 2008
Today was set aside for a tour of the old city of Damascus. We were due to meet our tour guide at 11am, so we wandered into the walled old city and up the main souk. One of the girls who had not come with us the day before mentioned a shop selling handicrafts so we made our way along the Via Recta (straight street), a Roman road running the length of the old city and had a look around before comin ... 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