Get facts, photos, and travel tips for the ancient city of Damascus, a World Heritage site in Syria, ... Site: Ancient City of Damascus. Location: Syrian Arab Republic. Year Designated: 1979.

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The ...

Restoration has been completed on a 2,000-year-old statue destroyed by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) after the iconoclastic jihadists overran the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra in 2015.

Caption:A picture taken on March 14, 2014 shows Syrian citizens riding their bicycles the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast of Damascus.

In Ancient Syrian City, Fighting Has Stopped But Rebuilding Is Scarce Homs was one of the places where the Syrian uprising began. ... Damascus, and some other cities.

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