Crac de Chevaliers

Crac de Chevaliers

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December 2nd 2008
The next morning we found that more than half the group had got food poisoning from the meal the night before. Luckily my fussy-ness meant that I escaped and I went out to find another fruit juice from the nearby bar. We caught a bus down to Hama with people being sick every so often. Not a great journey, but I was very glad I had avoided the bug. To get us in the mood for our destination we w ... read more

Middle East » Syria » West » Hama

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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