Syria Travel News

You know you're suffering a mild logistical hiccup when even your Turkish taxi driver decides to dump you and forgo the rest of his fare.

I knew very little about Syria when I received the invitation to be part of the "first North America press delegation" to the country's annual Silk Road Festival.

AU Abroad, in an effort to accommodate a wide range of student interests, has created several new study abroad programs and may be opening a program in Syria.

Every week the Midwest Traveler pages in this section display wonderful photographs that Des Moines Register readers have taken on their travels.

"Your tour was canceled. I am sorry," my hotel manager in Hama, Syria, said to me, shrugging his shoulders.

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday that Iran and Syria favor regional stability and peace and respect national sovereignty of the neighboring states, the official IRNA news agency reported.

A new pilot project by the World Food Programme in Syria has come up with a novel way of getting food aid to Iraqi refugees.

A millennium's worth of history, plus souks, boutique hotels and fine dining on a long weekend in Syria's capital Okay, let's admit it up front: Damascus is a stretch for a simple two-day weekend.

Syria is restudying "with care" the Syrian-European Partnership Agreement and its effects on Syrian economy, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah al-Dardari said on Saturday, the official SANA news agency reported.

Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer will be the only government minister attending the Turkish Republic Day reception Thursday evening at the home of the Turkish ambassador in Kfar Shmaryahu, a reflection of the current tension between the two countries.

The Syrian Ministry of Tourism invited journalists from Tehran to Tunis to check out its top attractions during a trip to the normally reclusive country.

Kuwait: 2 hours, 47 minutes ago Jazeera Airways, the growing airline in the Middle East, announced today it is expanding further into Syria, with non-stop flights to Latakia - the airline's fourth destination in the country.

Food vouchers can now be sent to Iraqi refugee families living in Syria via text message, thanks to a new pilot project by the United Nations World Food Programme .

WAM DAMASCUS, Oct. 25th, 2009: The Syrian people and Government back the right of the UAE to sovereignty on the three Islands - Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb - occupied by Iran since the year 1971, stressed today Speaker of the Syrian Parliament Dr Mahmoud Al Abash.

Ruins of the old city in Palmyra "Every cultured man belongs to two nations, his own and Syria." This statement somehow validates the written facts about Syria being the cradle of civilization.

'We must review the association agreement with Europe,' Assad told a news conference after talks with visiting Finnish President Tarja Halonen.

The Boeing 737-800NG is part of the historic order of 50 aircraft that flydubai placed with the American plane maker at the Farnborough Airshow last year and is financed by the US$320 million sale and leaseback deal recently announced with GE Capital Aviation Services .

The senior diplomats of Syria and Russia on Sunday called for a new push to resume the stalled Middle East peace process with the help of the international community, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported.

Leaders of Syria and Jordan on Monday reiterated their willingness to develop relationship between the two countries at all levels, the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported.

Travel Weekly's Jeri Clausing is on a press trip to Syria. Her final dispatch follows.