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In December 2024, Hayat Tahrir al Sham (formerly known as Al Nusra) overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad and took over the country, initiating a new era for Syria of presumably more freedom. Local Syrians seem enthusiastic and optimistic about it and we all expect the country to get much better. Please note that the information within this post is outdated (info from old regime) and that we will update it accordingly after our next visit in March 2025. Meanwhile, know that a free visa on arrival is currently available and that we already resumed our expeditions to Syria (first one in May).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can’t go, you will get arrested, you will get in trouble because this is Syria, there is a war on, and I don’t recommend you take your chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what the owner of a travel agency was repeatedly telling me, in an attempt to try to convince me to book one of their expensive tours to Aleppo. Yeah, sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was skeptical, especially because I had already heard that that person was suspected of being a scammer, a person not to be trusted, so I decided to do my own research and yeah, take my chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n