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Syria: Modern Syria is situated
in Asia along the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea.
Syria is an Arab Middle Eastern
County that has a total area of 185,180 sq. km and 17.000.000
inhabitants (2000). Syria has a
coastline of 180 km to the Mediterranean Sea and shares borders
with, Lebanon to the West, Turkey to the North, Iraq to the East,
and Jordan to the South. Syria,
also shares borders with Palestine and Israel to the south west.
This border is the main conflict of dispute between Syria and
Israel. This area is known as the Golan Heights.
The most important cities in Syria are:
Damascus,
Aleppo,
Homs,
Latakia,
Hama,
Palmyra,
Idlib,
Tartus,Suwayda,
Deir ez-Zor and
Al Kamishly. Other
interesting places are: Bosra,
Maalula,
Ugarit,
Krak Des Chevaliers
and Ebla
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Homs or Hims is an ancient city
dating back to the year 2300 B.C and was known in Roman times as
Emesa. Emesa's fortunes were always tied with the trade city
of Palmyra.
Homs was the third station on the
"Silk Road" after Doura Europos and
Palmyra.
Christianity was established in Emesa early on, as 3rd to 7th
century and it was taken in 636 by the Muslims, who renamed it
Homs.
Now Homs has an important historical building like: Khaled
Ibn Al-Walid Mosque, Al Nouri Mosque (or Great Mosque), Um Zunnar
Church and Mar Elian Church.
Homs has a very beatiful Restaurants on Orontes
river-side like, Dik al Jen, Abbara, Al Ahram, Marsella,
Miranda, Abu Samra, Al Dawwar, Kardinia and al Tannur. |
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