A destroyed building of the Iranian base in Jabal Azan, Aleppo province, on March 2, 2025. (Credit: Lucile Wassermann/L'Orient Today)
"It's the first time we don't end up on a blacklist," laughs Abou Malek, an Aleppo hotel employee. Following heavy Israeli strikes on Iran and the expected reprisals, French diplomacy recommended its nationals "refrain imperatively from traveling to the following countries in the coming days: Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian territories and Lebanon." Syria avoided ending up on the list, but remains advised against for French visitors, despite the fall of the Assad regime.From Damascus to Aleppo, and from Deraa to Idlib, Syrians are rejoicing at this "heavy blow" against Iran, which they "loathe," due to the Iranian regime having sided with that of Bashar al-Assad in crushing the Syrian uprising of 2011. For the first time in its modern history, Damascus did not condemn Israeli...
"It's the first time we don't end up on a blacklist," laughs Abou Malek, an Aleppo hotel employee. Following heavy Israeli strikes on Iran and the expected reprisals, French diplomacy recommended its nationals "refrain imperatively from traveling to the following countries in the coming days: Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian territories and Lebanon." Syria avoided ending up on the list, but remains advised against for French visitors, despite the fall of the Assad regime.From Damascus to Aleppo, and from Deraa to Idlib, Syrians are rejoicing at this "heavy blow" against Iran, which they "loathe," due to the Iranian regime having sided with that of Bashar al-Assad in crushing the Syrian uprising of 2011. For the first time in its modern history, Damascus did not condemn Israeli...