Dur­ing the years of Ottoman rule, Azim’s palace was built in Dam­as­cus and dec­o­rat­ed with intri­cate, expen­sive dec­o­rat…

This fortress was erect­ed on a hill 30 km from Latakia. The lime­stone citadel, sur­round­ed by deep ravines and forests…

The Hos­pi­taller Cas­tle of Krak des Cheva­liers, found­ed in 1031. The huge build­ing with sev­en watch­tow­ers has thick ou…

The ancient city was found­ed on the banks of the Euphrates in 300 BC by Seleu­cus I Nica­tor. It was of great com­mer­cia…

At the exca­va­tion site, they found a cult build­ing made of unbaked bricks — a zig­gu­rat, as well as frag­ments of the r…

Area: 636,77002 sq. km., vol­ume: 11600 cubic meters, depth avg: 18,200001 m, shore length: 407,66 m, res time: 183,10…

Bosra, once the cap­i­tal of the Roman province of Ara­bia, was an impor­tant stopover on the ancient car­a­van route to Me…

An oasis in the Syr­i­an desert, north-east of Dam­as­cus, Palmyra con­tains the mon­u­men­tal ruins of a great city that was…

These two cas­tles rep­re­sent the most sig­nif­i­cant exam­ples illus­trat­ing the exchange of influ­ences and doc­u­ment­ing the…

Found­ed in the 3rd mil­len­ni­um B.C., Dam­as­cus is one of the old­est cities in the Mid­dle East. In the Mid­dle Ages, it w…

Locat­ed at the cross­roads of sev­er­al trade routes from the 2nd mil­len­ni­um B.C., Alep­po was ruled suc­ces­sive­ly by the …

Area: 27,5 sq. km., vol­ume: 200 cubic meters, depth avg: 7,3000002 m, shore length: 31,290001 m, res time: 58,099998,…

Some 40 vil­lages grouped in eight parks sit­u­at­ed in north-west­ern Syr­ia pro­vide remark­able tes­ti­mo­ny to rur­al life in…