Palmyra and the fort

Syria august 30 - september 4

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September 5th 2010
'I do not know any hotel with the name Zenab here in Aleppo', the customer says. To get a visa I just gave him the name Zenab as our hotel where we would stay in Aleppo. Actually I also do not know a hotel with that name in Aleppo, but I do not know the name of any hotel whatsoever in Aleppo. So I came up with the first name which crossed my mind: Zenab after Zoenobia, once the queen of Palmyra. ... read more

Middle East » Syria

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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