Mosque in Aleppo

Damascus to Aleppo

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November 30th 2008
Despite a fairly restless night I managed to wake up and get some breakfast, meeting up with the other members of the group. The bloke I was sharing a room with had just arrived from Iran, there were two girls from the UK who I had caught the taxi with, a German girl whose luggage had gone missing, an Irish girl, and a couple from South Africa. We caught a train up to Aleppo, which took about 4 ... 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