Ruins inside Citadel

Aleppo

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June 12th 2010
Don’t get me wrong I’ve seen some awesome stuff on this trip but there’s nothing quite like the feeling of finding a clean t-shirt you haven’t worn yet at the bottom of your backpack. On a less ecstatic note I had my first very minor and long overdue case of food poisoning. I’ve narrowed the source down to one of 3 dodgy falafel sandwiches, two dodgy shawarma, the ice or the tap water I ... 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