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Syria

Bordering the eastern Mediterranean, Syria is part of a region recognised as the very cradle of civilisation, not least in the central area around the banks of the Euphrates where evidence of an ancient history dates back to the fourth millennium BC. Elsewhere are displayed magnificent ruins of Roman cities and Crusader castles and citadels from the early Middle Ages. But this historic heritage is matched by an impressive wealth of natural scenery, deserts and oases, coastal beaches, cereal plains, olive groves and snow-capped mountains...

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