Syria
Photos taken in 2008 in Damascus and Aleppo. Two of the oldest cities in the world (together with Jericho in Palestine).

Aleppo

Damascus cafe

Aleppo

Ummayad mosque in Damascus

Lamps of Aleppo

Coping with the traffic



Firemen of Damascus

A shop in the souk of Al Hamediyah

Building in Damascus.. with Assad

Damascus

Government building in Damascus



Potrait of Assad with sunglasses, Damascus

Parliament

Believing in Syria, Damascus


Portrait of Assad in the old city of Damascus

Trio of power

Friends and not so much friends any more

Optician

Door in Damascus

A balcony in Damascus

A balcony of a house in residential Damascus

Residential Damascus

Building in Damascus

Aleppo

Two friends

Basil Assad who was killed in car accident in 1994
The still popular oldest son of Hafez Al-Assad who was supposed to succeed him

Damascus Buick

Three boys in Damascus

Al Hamidiyah souk in Damascus

Men observing, Damascus

Animation in the souk of Damascus

Souk El Hamidiyah in afternoon sunlight

Selling water in Damascus

The Ummayad mosque in Damascus

The Ummayad mosque minaret

Ummayad mosque in Damascus

Damascus Ummayad mosque

Aleppo Ummayad mosque

Dodge in Damascus

Mirror of the Azem Palace

Cafe in Damascus

Cafe in Damascus

Organised Shop in Damascus

Reading a paper in his regular cafe in Damascus

Damascene

Aleppo

A Christian nun at the shop in Damascus

Damascus

Damascus

Aleppo

Souk of Aleppo

Watching Damascus

