Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A According to Dylan Harris, founder of the extreme adventure company Lupine Travel, Syria should be open for tourism soon. He told me he could ...

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But Bealby is hopeful that tour groups could return to Syria by as soon as next autumn. “It’s hard to say when it might be calm enough for travel, but being an eternal optimist, we have to ...

Roads in Syria vary widely in quality, with major highways generally passable, though mountainous routes can be challenging due to sharp curves and variable conditions. The best time to travel to ...