Woolly Days (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Aleppo is one of the oldest cities in the world. There is evidence of continued occupation in this part of Syria dating back to 5000 BC. Certainly some of the crumbling streets look that old and in need of some serious attention. It was also a city that looked labyrinthine and I would need assistance to get around. I asked the guy who ran my fleabag hotel where I could get a map. He didn’t understand...
SyriaComment (Free subscription) | 18/10/2008
... fashion accessories seems to have gone bankrupt under a heavy load of debt and other liabilities. Aleppo’s business and especially Christian community is abuzz with the sensational news that has come out thus far. Here is what I have heard from sources in the know: Face Book image of Camille Karem Kouefati, now taken down Camille Kouefati and his married children disappeared from sight in...
Chachi's Kitchen (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Chachi and I went to Aleppo in August this year, here is a picture of Aleppo Citadel. It was here that we saw MHI twice! And it was also here, in a restaurant across the road from the Citadel where I had the best muhammara ever! No wonder, muhammarra originates in Aleppo, who knew that! I thought it was Turkish!! ;) If you look at the pictureof the citadel carefully at the top...
Awilum.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Syria has some absolutely amazing historical sites and artifacts such as the ancient city Mari and the National Museum in Aleppo. The Boston Globe has an interesting article about traveling to Syria–it’s certainly not the easiest place to go to, but it would be well worth it.
Gorillas Guides (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
... refugees from Mosul who have turned up at the agency’s offices in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo, while a team of field officers has travelled to the Qamishli area close to Iraq, where some people have been arriving. Following registration, families facing financial difficulties are assessed for emergency grants and food assistance. Field officers have met 20 families from Mosul in the...
UNHCR (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... of Christian refugees from Mosul who have turned up at our offices in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo. In addition, a team of UNHCR field officers has traveled to the Qamishli area close to Iraq, where some of the Iraqis have been arriving. Following registration, families facing financial difficulties are assessed for emergency grants and food assistance.Field officers have met 20 families...
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... of Christian refugees from Mosul who have turned up at our offices in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo. In addition, a team of UNHCR field officers has traveled to the Qamishli area close to Iraq, where some of the Iraqis have been arriving. Following registration, families facing financial difficulties are assessed for emergency grants and food assistance. Field officers have met 20 families...
UNHCR (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... refugees from Mosul who have turned up at the agency's offices in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo, while a team of field officers has travelled to the Qamishli area close to Iraq, where some people have been arriving. Following registration, families facing financial difficulties are assessed for emergency grants and food assistance.Field officers have met 20 families from Mosul in the...
ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
... with Air Arabia, A full list of Air Arabia's destinations is as follows: * Ahmedabad (India) * Aleppo (Syria) * Alexandria (Egypt) * Almaty (Kazakhstan) * Amman (Jordan) * Assiut (Egypt) * Astana (Kazakhstan) * Bahrain (Bahrain) * Bangalore (India) * Beirut (Lebanon) * Calicut (India) * Chennai (India) * Chittagong (Bangladesh) * Coimbatore (India) * Colombo (Sri Lanka) * Damascus (Syria)...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
Damascus: Syria and Russia have signed a $71 million gas deal to transport natural gas from Syria’s northern city of Aleppo to the Turkish border. The agreement between Syrian Gas Company and Ru...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
The fire spread over 6,000 square meters (65,000 square feet) of the first two floors of a six-story building in the city of Aleppo, some 355 km (220 miles) north of Damascus
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
The fire spread over 6,000 square meters (65,000 square feet) of the first two floors of a six-story building in the city of Aleppo, some 355 km (220 miles) north of Damascus
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
... not New York? He was already living in New York. By ‘chance’ he met Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko, born in Aleppo Syria, and a real estate developer in Chicago. Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery this year. Rezko, was named ‘Entrepreneur of the Decade’ by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association’. About two years later, Obama entered Harvard Law School. Do you have any idea...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
... mate arranges for a birthday dessert and glass of champagne (ah, reminiscent of my birthday in Aleppo!). It's early days but I think I'm gonna like it here in RSA....it's a great group who are already bonding better than the Morocco lot, male prospect(s) and lots of fellow drinkers. RSA seems very friendly, mostly English speaking with great food and wine...a refreshing change from the Muslim...
Chachi's Kitchen (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
This salad along with Tabuleh salad were in all the meals we had in Syria, whether it was in Damascus, Homos, Salamiya or Aleppo! It is a very healthy, herby salad with bits of pitta bread. In Syria the pitta bread was fried, I just browned it in the oven. This salad is part of the is part of the Golden Jubilee Series . Ingredients 1 Cucumber, peeled and diced 3 large tomatoes; cut in cubes...
