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Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) male on a tree trunk.
Samiec dzięcioła białoszyjego (Dendrocopos syriacus) na pniu drzewa.
Syrian woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) male foraging on a branch.
Samiec dzięcioła białoszyjego (Dendrocopos syriacus) żerujący na gałęzi.
Syrian Bedouin, somewhere between the desert ruins of Palmyra and the city of Homs.
The land was once a forest of ancient Pistachio trees but now arid except for brief moments in spring when it provides enough sustenance for the sheep to produce milk used for cheese.
A land and people now consigned to history.
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John Wreford, Istanbul Based Photographer
The Syrian horse sculpture can be found standing on the cliffs over looking the entrance to Uddevalla's harbour. Standing at 5 meters tall and weighing just over 500kg it's quite an impressive statue. And one that is photographed quite often (though not by me)!
Syrian woodpecker, oder auch Dendrocopos syriacus, der Blutspecht. Fotografiert in Ungarn, Hortobágyi. Futtertragend, am Nest.
Palmyra is a set of spectacular ruins in Syria (which none of us have visited recently), but which I was fortunate to have seen in 2001. ISIS dynamited several of the monuments here, murdered the chief historian, etc. and tried to remove any evidence of any pre-Islam religion. The Brits set up a model of this arch in London (Trafalgar Sq), which was on the news yesterday.
Preservationists/archaeologists who have visited the site (since its recent re-capture by the Syrian govt) are cautiously optimistic that some of these monuments (including this arch) can be reconstructed...
Syria in 2010.
Krak des Chevaliers is a Crusader castle in Syria and one of the most important medieval castles in the world.
Maaloula is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in Syria. The town is located 56 km to the northeast of Damascus and built into the rugged mountainside, at an altitude of more than 1500 m. It is known as one of three remaining villages where Western Neo-Aramaic is spoken, the other two being the nearby villages Jubb'adin and Bakhah.
This is the old bazaar in Aleppo's historic center. Most of the market has been damaged by the conflict, but some merchants are slowly starting to return
Muslim in the Great Mosque of Aleppo.
The Great Mosque of Aleppo or the Ummayad Mosque of Aleppo (Masjid al-Umayya bi Halab) is the largest and oldest mosque in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria. The present mosque dates form the 13th century Mamluk period, only the Seljuk minaret of 1090 is older. It is located in its Old City. The mosque is said to entomb the remains of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist.
The good shepherd seemed anxious that the unusual occurrence of a steam hauled train, albeit a ramshackle one, might spook the flock. He need not have worried - they all took it in their stride.
Somewhere between Deraa and Bosra in Syria.
October 2007. © David Hill
It's been awhile since I've posted, but I still have been lurking the past couple months.
Enjoy this Syrian rebel outpost I finished a couple of weeks ago.
I have a Russian SU-34 Medium Bomber in the works and an artillery piece I will be posting soon.
Comments are appreciated!
Reuters, October 5, 2015:
Islamic State militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, a major monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra, Syria's antiquities chief said on Sunday, after they destroyed two ancient temples at the central Syrian site in recent months.
Syria
Syria is located in the continent of Asia. The country is specifically located in the Middle East.
It borders the following lands and waters:
North: Turkey
East and southeast: Iraq
South: Jordan
Southwest: Lebanon and Israel
West: Mediterranean Sea