Click on the image above to go to the full slideshow on the BBC website. Click this image (below) to see the UNESCO website with a description of Aleppo’s old city and its monuments. The threat to these sites prior to the uprising was overpopulation.
A recent article in the NY Times about the devastation of Syria’s historical treasures. TELL MARDIKH, Syria — Ali Shibleh crawled through a two-foot-high tunnel until reaching a slightly larger subterranean space. He swung his flashlight’s beam into the dark. A fighter opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, Mr. Shibleh was roaming beneath Ebla, an … More Grave Robbers and War Steal Syria’s History
The Old City in Aleppo is a shadow of its former self after war takes its toll on world heritage site. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. The Old City of Aleppo, once a show case in Syria. Now it is a shadow of itself. Another front line of a costly civil war. Watch the video and get … More Aleppo’s Old City Now a Ghost Town
Inside Syria The human cost of Syria’s war As Ban Ki-moon predicts a rise in refugee numbers, we ask if enough is being done to help those fleeing the country.Inside Syria Last Modified: 02 Dec 2012 12:16 Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, is predicting a surge in the number of Syrian refugees as the violence … More The Human Cost of Syria’s War
Syria Update, October 26, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Syria Update, October 26, 2012
This is a different blog today and it is an appeal- Howard Zinn said “War in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children.” We at Caravan-Serai Tours and Salaam Cultural Museum have joined other international organizations in trying to help the innocent people of Syria: the women and children … More War in our time is always indiscriminate…
DUBAI, 11 September 2012 (IRIN) – As the world focuses on daily fighting in Syria and the flight of refugees to neighbouring countries, the humanitarian situation inside Syria continues to be under-reported. Here are 10 pressing issues you may have missed: School year at risk About one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are living in … More SYRIA: Ten things to watch out for
I talked to a friend of my daughter today that lives in Aleppo, Zuka. We are trying to convince her to leave, but she says she can’t go by herself and leave her family behind. She is the only one in the family that has a passport. Even with a war going on you need … More Report on Syrian Crisis
Syria Update, October 9, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Early death toll: 106 were killed. Yesterday’s (Monday) revised death toll: More than 210 killed including 106 unarmed civilians. Insights: Casualties are again rising and bear in mind these death tolls underreport casualties which previously indicated a high rise … More Syria Update, October 9, 2012
Syria’s history crumbling back into ruin.
Salaam Cultural Museum 