I'm driving to where???

The road to Al Hasake

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April 22nd 2010
Around noon I set of for Al Hasake. It looked a bit windy but I wasn't that worried. Yup. My first sandstorm! Not a huge one hamdallah, but enough to give me a proper sandblasting and respect for the real thing should I ever run into it. From one minute to the next visibility dropped to about 5 metres and I was choking on dust. It passed quite quickly, but the improved view did not offer much n ... read more

Middle East » Syria » North » Al Hasakah

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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