The world’s oldest city lived in for 11,000 years - not Athens or Jerusalem
It's a city inhabited for 11,000 years and has seen empires come and go, including the Greeks, Romans and Ottomans.
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Syria war: Rebel shellfire kills nine in Damascus Old City
Another 21 people were wounded in the attack on Bab Touma, a predominantly Christian district of the Old City. Police said ... government-controlled areas of Damascus have been killed as a result ...
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Completing of restoration works of the headquarter of “Beit Al-Safinah” Association in Damascus old city
With participation of the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums and experts, the restoration works of “Beit Al-Safinah” in the old city of Damascus completed. “During the visit of ...
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Colin Thubron returns to Damascus after 50 years
Yet I see an Old City miraculously intact ... Getty Images Shoppers in a Damascus market in the early 70s I'm more wary now, and old. The sentries rarely frisk me. In the great bazaars, still ...
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Terrorist stabs police officer at Old City's Damascus Gate, attacker shot at the scene
A 20-year-old police officer was lightly wounded on Sunday evening in a stabbing attack at the Damascus Gate in Old City, Jerusalem, Israeli media reported. Magen David Adom (MDA) EMTs and ...
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Old City
You can access the Old City from seven entryways: the New Gate, Damascus Gate, Herod's Gate, Lions' Gate, Dung Gate, Zion Gate, and Jaffa Gate. Each doorway marks a significant era of Jerusalem's ...
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Leather industry…A world of creativity preserved by Syrian craftsmen
For hundreds of years, workers at the natural leather industry in Damascus Old City have been inheriting the profession from generation to generation. “I have been working at the natural leather ...