Thus, alongside state institutions, there are locally based architects and researchers establishing independent initiatives to document and conserve aspects of their built heritage. Syria is one ...

Thus, alongside state institutions, there are locally based architects and researchers establishing ... joined DZHL after meeting Lamis Bakjaji in Damascus. Another architect, Hazem al-Khleaf ...

The Muhajireen presidential palace in central Damascus, one of the Syrian capital's most beautiful architectural landmarks, ...

and is one of the most significant examples of early Islamic architecture. On his way back from Damascus, Tajani will also stop off in Beirut to meet the new Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun ...