General History
from Library of Congress Country Studies

Damascus - Pictures, panoramas and sounds from Syria's capital.

Aleppo - Sounds and sites from Syria's second city.

Stones That Did The Work Of Men
From the Aramco World Magazine, November-December 1993.

The last Hakawati
From the Aramco World Magazine, January-February 1996.

Poetry recital with Nizar Qabbani
At the AUB Assembly Hall in January 1995

Colonel Hussni Al-Zaim
From The Illustrated London News April 9, 1949,

Thabet Birro; 1996 Excerpts from an interview
with the Syrian State Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Naser Qaddour

Soc.culture.syria
Search the soc.culture.syria newsgroup

External resources

• Syrian Railways
• The Syrian Telelecomunication Establishment
  (The first webserver actually located in Syria.)
• Ministry of Tourism
• SANA Syrian Arab News Agency
• Teshreen Foundation for Press and Publication
• Syria-Net General information about Syria.
• Arab Net:Syria Information about Syria on Arab Net
• Syrianet an international academic newsletter
• Syria Online Yvan Terra d'Ys' Syria server.
• Syria's WWW site Saud Alhajeri's page.
• Travel Advisory from the US State Department.

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