Syria - The Citadel of Aleppo is situated on a hill, rising fifty meters above the city. It is one of the strongest fortresses in the world, built in the middle of the Syrian city and surrounded by a 20-meter-deep and 30-meter-wide moat. One of its distinctive ...

Syria - Damascus, the capital of Syria, is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. It has held an important position in science, culture, politics, art, trade, and industry since early times. It has been called Al-Fayha’a, Al-Sham, Jollaq, and ...

Syria - Two hundred kilometers northeast of the capital lies the ancient city of Palmyra, the country’s largest tourist attraction. In the middle of the Syrian steppe desert, a sulfurous spring called Afqa emerges from a limestone cliff, around which Palmyra ...