Darkness at noon in the mind of fearful Damascus

Soon Assad’s army will start to melt away into the hills and he will be left naked. I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes when he is captured. I doubt that he will survive long enough to be tried.

Syria’s has seen far worse times than what it is going through right now – a quick read of its history will prove that. When all this is over, the Syrians will rebuild Aleppo, Homs and all the other cities that have been ravaged by this strife, just as the Lebanses rebuilt Beirut.

Since Damascus is the world’s oldest city, its antiquities date from long before the invention of Islam. One of its oldest Christian relics is of course the head of John the Baptist. Also worth seeing is the world-famous Bazaar.