I went to all of the places in this clip back in 2009. It's heartbreaking to see the destruction and think of the massive loss of life however I love that you're showing the glimpses of recovery too.
Same, in 2004. I got this picture of the abandoned hotel, shown in this clip from 10:18 onwards, with its then owner who I talked with for a while as I waited for the sun to break through; very colourful and charming man. imgur.com/a/bQJYtwv
My grandmother went to Aleppo a few years back, before the war, and said that it was the most beautiful city she’s ever been to Just in case you’re thinking about going there
What you were filming in your way from Damascus to Maaloula , was my town which is just 5 km away from Damascus It's completely destroyed And the girl in the video is singing syriac (aramaic) The old language of syrians
@@Arabzene yes true. Theye playing good guys for now. Reminds me of a time a couple countries in Russia during 1918😋 www.criticalenquiry.org/history/polarbear.shtml
Thanks for your visit to our lovely country,,, syria is amazing and we Syrian people really love to see tourists all the time and your all welcome here ❤️
The history is amazing. Sad to see such destruction and all the loss of life. Hope Syria finds peace soon and the War will be completely finished. Thanks for this video. Stay safe.
Thank you for sharing my country it's really a heartbreaking to see that when the war begin i was around 11 years old and i felt like I'm were in a heaven in my country now I'm 18 years old I hope Syria will come back again better than before thank you again
what you don't know is its people like you that ruined are country what did we gain from this free syria movement...terrorism, unemployment, drug addiction, death
Am I the only one who got similar vibes to Podrick singing "Jenny of Oldstone" in the last season of Game of Thrones? Had a similar eerie, haunting tune while somber images are shown as the tune is continuing.
It's church hymns in Aramaic Which is the language were spoken by Jesus and this religious city is the only one on the plant that still speak Aramaic until today
@@alia6532 No there are still more cities that speak aramaic which are Saidnaya , Bakhah , Jabadeen & still more And NOT all populations of these villages are christian ,,,,, the last two villages are muslim
@@alia6532 I am Jewish, Jews still study Talmudic law (exegesis on the Bible) in Aramaic, but none of us speak it as an actual language. Also Judeo Aramaic is a bit different, it's a mix of Aramaic and Hebrew, and also uses Hebrew alphabet. Very cool though.
Thank you Jord for showing Syria to the world, watching these videos about my hometown means a lot, so near yet so far. Hope one day we all go back there and celebrate the homecoming with you and the crew.
heartbreaking video....my tears are falling down because of this I hope for PEACE, LOVE AND UNITY in the whole world so that no one will die because of this kind of war.
You Salamh You Salamh i can’t say that you are not right.. because some of what you say is correct, because the syriac language came from the aramic & but as what heard and studied i can say for 80% its the aramic .. please correct me if you can ,, many thanks
Thank you for your emotions about my country SYRIA and hopefully we are waiting to return as before 2011 .syria is still the most beautiful country in the world
Thank you so much for taking this trip and showing us what's there. It's one thing to have read about that war in the news, to know of the intransigence of The West and specifically America's role in creating that situation. Europe's desire for natural gas from a place other than Russia is what created that war. It's an entirely different thing to see it. I think there is a value in "travel vloggers" like yourself taking on more serious subjects. I see in you a person who is trying to process and digest what you saw during this trip.
Thank you so much for coming and sharing this side of Syria.... I wish I had the chance to meet you and take you on a tour or something... but for now... Thanks
I hope one day i visit Syria such a lovely country. Thank God for helping the Syrian people prevail against those awful terrorists! Long live Syria and God bless its humble President Assad & Russia! 🤔👍
I'm in Lebanon right now preparing to host one of my friends over from the states. Your videos have made us really want to go over the border to Syria for a few days!
The krak is one of the greatest marvels of medieval engineering, the shape of the castle was designed so it could widstand the fairly frequent earthquakes from the area, the towers integrate to the walls in the part where it opens as a tripod, and if you take a close look at it you can see how the stones had been actually carved in an angle to follow the shape of the walls.
8:54 thanks for saying my name💜, and thanks for showing the people good image about syria, the people in the outside only hear about war and and boom and 💣💥
Do you know that France offered on Syria to buy la krak des chevaliers before the french ppl got out of Syria & these spaces and horizon that you see were all green before forest fires which happened in Syria & Lebanon in the last few days in addition there've been illegal deforestation and arson since the wars began Have fun in your trip 🌸👍🏖
Ghaith Almostapha Aleppo was the biggest city in Syria (population) however due to the war the population declined in Aleppo and all of Syria, thankfully since 2016 the population in Aleppo and Syria has been rising since it’s become much safe since the Syrian army and its allies have liberated most of syria from western backed terrorists, now thankfully the war is coming to an end and the last remaining terrorist area is Idlib. Hopefully in a few years this will all be over and Syria will be safe and we can fully rebuild. 🇸🇾
Thank you and your friends for visiting Syria..beautiful Syria..I am Syrian...I've been visiting these places recently ...you should visit lattakia ..you're welcome 🌸
Thank you ! Id love to go soon. Even though generally travel indepedantly, I would love to support them... can you leave a link to contact of the travel group you went with ? Thanks again. Mark
The place you visited where the church and the destroyed hotel called "Maalolla" it was freed up from ISIS by the lebanese militia Hezbollah and the nuns where freed also by a negotiation between Lebanese General Security and ISIS.
Russia said it firmly that Iran, the political regime of Syria, Hezbollah and all mercenaries they brought to Syria were about to collapse and get defeated for good in just three days. So Russia is the one who saved the political regime of Syria and, at the same time, saved Lebanon and Jordan because these two silly countries were unable to protect themselves if Jihadists were able to control all Syria and start to expand. Only Israel was able to protect its borders.
al Dallika stfu with your bs the Syrian army and its ally hezbollah did fine resisting and making some major gains for 4-5 years without russian intervention against western and israeli funded terrorists pouring from all over the world through Turkish borders.
al Dallika Hezbollah intervened right in time securing its borders and further in Syria preventing Lebanon from falling in the hands of the opposition or to the Israelis like how they continue to occupy the Syrian Golan heights up to this day.
al Dallika the Israelis themselves created this chaos and there exists multiple articles based upon it also not to mention the fact that the jihadists were treated in Israeli hospitals and greeted personally by Netanyahu.
@@rameezhalani5593 Even during the first 4 years of the Syrian Crisis, Russia used to help the political regime of Syria a lot in many ways until it found itself obliged to intervene directly to save its interests in Syria. There are three major facts: 1- The political regime of Syria, Hezbollah, Iran and its mercenaries (a sum of 500,000 soldiers and mercenaries) were defeated by around 80,000 Jihadists..which means they were very weak 2- Russia is the one who currently controls Syria 3- No future for Iran, the political regime of Syria and Hezbollah since they were defeated easily by fighters who had very light weapons with a very slim financing compared to the political regime of Syria and its allies (Air force, missiles, modern tanks, other military equipment, huge provisions and a hug amount of money) according to the above mentioned facts, If 5000 Jihadists attack Hezbollah in Lebanon they will destroy it completely
from the heart of a Syrian refugee thank you man... I used to go with my family to these places before the war ...with your videos, you are letting me relive the best of the memories that I had in my home town which I am now no forbidden to visit again ....... have a nice day.
I can’t imagine home many shells and bombs have to hit on of those buildings to destroy them to the current state. To think of all of the buildings and how many battles take place for each building.
How is the world so connected to gift us the ability to see through each other's eyes and experiences but at the same time be so divided to have our lives gripped by war and hatred??
This is sad to witness but I see the eyes of the people is the heartbreaking part. I DO SEE, amazing strength and the natural ability for the capacity to live and love, the same a you and I. America needs to stop the war mongering that the evil people making money benifitting from these actions, greedy powerful people should be brought down I believe this be the ultimate solution Humanity United Must Demand this end and those in power removed and we must be allowed to govern ourselves with out them , period. All religious freedom exist among the people to work together of all humanity in the righteous care of all our babies on this blue marble. Syria is beautiful...
The Chevalier Castle is regarded by experts as the best castle in the world and has never been breached. Why is it mindblowing that tourists have not been, who the hell chooses to go to a war torn country except you and journalists.
Just discovered you thru your 5 years video.. I love travel didi it for 2 years.then ran out. And looked into online jobs and im kicking my self because i didn't start youtube. I started a month ago not a traveling theme but. Any advice for someone that wants to be a full-time traveller. Keep in mind i am patient
I went to all of the places in this clip back in 2009. It's heartbreaking to see the destruction and think of the massive loss of life however I love that you're showing the glimpses of recovery too.
That's a trip. What a damn shame. Hopefully the people there can move on now and fix their country.
your welcome to come back to syria again 💙
Same, in 2004. I got this picture of the abandoned hotel, shown in this clip from 10:18 onwards, with its then owner who I talked with for a while as I waited for the sun to break through; very colourful and charming man. imgur.com/a/bQJYtwv
We will rebuild! Thank you for visiting my country. ❤️
Inchaallah
🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Syria looks awesome. Wish travelling there would be normal one day.
My grandmother went to Aleppo a few years back, before the war, and said that it was the most beautiful city she’s ever been to
Just in case you’re thinking about going there
Yeah thats right
What you were filming in your way from Damascus to Maaloula , was my town which is just 5 km away from Damascus
It's completely destroyed
And the girl in the video is singing syriac (aramaic)
The old language of syrians
@Jacob Gibbons
Your pain is our pain 💔😔
It is pleasure for me to hear that
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It’s not completely destroyed
Thanks for showing this Jord, like you I hope that it's the start of change in Syria, it looks like a stunning place to visit.
🤣🤣🤣 There's three foreign powers in there now without permission 🤣🤣
@@Test7017 Russia was invited to provide military aid to the Syrian government, but all other military or paramilitary forces are invaders.
@@Arabzene yes true. Theye playing good guys for now. Reminds me of a time a couple countries in Russia during 1918😋
www.criticalenquiry.org/history/polarbear.shtml
Thanks for your visit to our lovely country,,, syria is amazing and we Syrian people really love to see tourists all the time and your all welcome here ❤️
مذوئا💙
The history is amazing. Sad to see such destruction and all the loss of life. Hope Syria finds peace soon and the War will be completely finished. Thanks for this video. Stay safe.
, 🤣🤣 how is peace coming when foreign powers are still there
Thank you for sharing my country it's really a heartbreaking to see that when the war begin i was around 11 years old and i felt like I'm were in a heaven in my country now I'm 18 years old I hope Syria will come back again better than before thank you again
Ana men lebnen allah yi se3edkoun w yerja3 baladak metel ma houwe
elias athanass Ameen shkrn 3la a5la2k we ensha2lah allah y7f6' el lebanan 💛🌹
@@safokitaz3670 hbb khayye metel a5la2ak ma fi ❤️ enta cheyif chou 3am bi sir be lebnen?
elias athanass ay shayf Aly 3m ysir we atmna t3dy 3la 5yr we Allah y7f6' lebnan klna m3akm
what you don't know is its people like you that ruined are country what did we gain from this free syria movement...terrorism, unemployment, drug addiction, death
The woman singing gave me the chills
Fab G they way he added the time lapse along with it was nice too
Am I the only one who got similar vibes to Podrick singing "Jenny of Oldstone" in the last season of Game of Thrones? Had a similar eerie, haunting tune while somber images are shown as the tune is continuing.
It's church hymns in Aramaic
Which is the language were spoken by Jesus and this religious city is the only one on the plant that still speak Aramaic until today
@@alia6532
No there are still more cities that speak aramaic which are Saidnaya , Bakhah , Jabadeen & still more
And NOT all populations of these villages are christian ,,,,, the last two villages are muslim
@@alia6532 I am Jewish, Jews still study Talmudic law (exegesis on the Bible) in Aramaic, but none of us speak it as an actual language. Also Judeo Aramaic is a bit different, it's a mix of Aramaic and Hebrew, and also uses Hebrew alphabet. Very cool though.
Thank you Jord for showing Syria to the world, watching these videos about my hometown means a lot, so near yet so far. Hope one day we all go back there and celebrate the homecoming with you and the crew.
heartbreaking video....my tears are falling down because of this I hope for PEACE, LOVE AND UNITY in the whole world so that no one will die because of this kind of war.
The woman singing is not singing in Arabic maybe it’s Aramic the language of jesus
yes it's the Aramic
No it is Syriac language
You Salamh You Salamh i can’t say that you are not right.. because some of what you say is correct, because the syriac language came from the aramic & but as what heard and studied i can say for 80% its the aramic .. please correct me if you can ,, many thanks
Thank you for your emotions about my country SYRIA and hopefully we are waiting to return as before 2011 .syria is still the most beautiful country in the world
Wellcome to syria🇸🇾👍🏻
Thank you so much for taking this trip and showing us what's there. It's one thing to have read about that war in the news, to know of the intransigence of The West and specifically America's role in creating that situation. Europe's desire for natural gas from a place other than Russia is what created that war. It's an entirely different thing to see it.
I think there is a value in "travel vloggers" like yourself taking on more serious subjects.
I see in you a person who is trying to process and digest what you saw during this trip.
That woman singing had an absolute beautiful and comforting voice!
Thank you so much for coming and sharing this side of Syria.... I wish I had the chance to meet you and take you on a tour or something...
but for now... Thanks
Thank you for filming this experience!
Your videos make me cry, my homeland is gone
I hope one day i visit Syria such a lovely country. Thank God for helping the Syrian people prevail against those awful terrorists! Long live Syria and God bless its humble President Assad & Russia! 🤔👍
🇸🇾
lovely Syria💙😢
الله يرحم ايام سوريا وربنا كريم منرجع نعمرها 😔
Visiting Syria can certainly change your perspective
Welcome to my country my friend💓💕
What a nice video ! I’m from Brazil and one of my dreams is to visit this country one day
I'm in Lebanon right now preparing to host one of my friends over from the states. Your videos have made us really want to go over the border to Syria for a few days!
Welcome to Syria 👍
It's really a place that leaves you a lot to think about. You found some stellar views.
شكرا لك اخي على هذا العمل
The krak is one of the greatest marvels of medieval engineering, the shape of the castle was designed so it could widstand the fairly frequent earthquakes from the area, the towers integrate to the walls in the part where it opens as a tripod, and if you take a close look at it you can see how the stones had been actually carved in an angle to follow the shape of the walls.
Thank you ❤
Very interesting episode, nice work!
Too short mate! and please give as a hint next time about what you'r planing to do next in Syria? where to go and so on. All the best ;-)
thank you for sharing this amazing video. safe travel my friend.
God bless Assad, the lion of Syria
Amazing video Jord, thanks for the historic video. Best wishes for the return of the Syria tourist industry . . .
So sad! I have been there in August 2010 and the "Valley of the Christians" was a vibrant and wonderful place. So sad!
8:54 thanks for saying my name💜, and thanks for showing the people good image about syria, the people in the outside only hear about war and and boom and 💣💥
My favourite country ❤️
Thank you for your effort to make such a beautiful video; I respect the way you see the potential of tourism in Syria and I totally agree with you.
incredible video...
Bro you can go to Latakia it's safe and so beautiful place
Do you know that France offered on Syria to buy la krak des chevaliers before the french ppl got out of Syria
& these spaces and horizon that you see were all green before forest fires which happened in Syria & Lebanon in the last few days in addition there've been illegal deforestation and arson since the wars began
Have fun in your trip 🌸👍🏖
I like the video and the positivity in you . Thank you for bring back some memories .
I Am Syrian Thanks For Good Review About Syria
I recommend you going to Aleppo 🌺❤️🌺
Is that where you are from
Ghaith Almostapha Aleppo was the biggest city in Syria (population) however due to the war the population declined in Aleppo and all of Syria, thankfully since 2016 the population in Aleppo and Syria has been rising since it’s become much safe since the Syrian army and its allies have liberated most of syria from western backed terrorists, now thankfully the war is coming to an end and the last remaining terrorist area is Idlib. Hopefully in a few years this will all be over and Syria will be safe and we can fully rebuild. 🇸🇾
Thanks for going to al Husson Castel I used to go every year to check it 😍😍it is still beautiful
Wow I love your videos!!
I hope you come to Lebanon again u didn't experience it at all😢
Thank you and your friends for visiting Syria..beautiful Syria..I am Syrian...I've been visiting these places recently ...you should visit lattakia ..you're welcome 🌸
this spring is a HOLY water it is pond only for drinking ... do not touch it by hands do not use it for laundry
6:12
Im from syria/homs and im in england now
Great vlog! I really enjoy how you shot this and N. Korea.
Thank you !
Id love to go soon. Even though generally travel indepedantly, I would love to support them... can you leave a link to contact of the travel group you went with ? Thanks again. Mark
I wish and pray to get them totally freedom for Syria
Great video
The place you visited where the church and the destroyed hotel called "Maalolla" it was freed up from ISIS by the lebanese militia Hezbollah and the nuns where freed also by a negotiation between Lebanese General Security and ISIS.
Russia said it firmly that Iran, the political regime of Syria, Hezbollah and all mercenaries they brought to Syria were about to collapse and get defeated for good in just three days. So Russia is the one who saved the political regime of Syria and, at the same time, saved Lebanon and Jordan because these two silly countries were unable to protect themselves if Jihadists were able to control all Syria and start to expand. Only Israel was able to protect its borders.
al Dallika stfu with your bs the Syrian army and its ally hezbollah did fine resisting and making some major gains for 4-5 years without russian intervention against western and israeli funded terrorists pouring from all over the world through Turkish borders.
al Dallika Hezbollah intervened right in time securing its borders and further in Syria preventing Lebanon from falling in the hands of the opposition or to the Israelis like how they continue to occupy the Syrian Golan heights up to this day.
al Dallika the Israelis themselves created this chaos and there exists multiple articles based upon it also not to mention the fact that the jihadists were treated in Israeli hospitals and greeted personally by Netanyahu.
@@rameezhalani5593
Even during the first 4 years of the Syrian Crisis, Russia used to help the political regime of Syria a lot in many ways until it found itself obliged to intervene directly to save its interests in Syria.
There are three major facts:
1- The political regime of Syria, Hezbollah, Iran and its mercenaries (a sum of 500,000 soldiers and mercenaries) were defeated by around 80,000 Jihadists..which means they were very weak
2- Russia is the one who currently controls Syria
3- No future for Iran, the political regime of Syria and Hezbollah since they were defeated easily by fighters who had very light weapons with a very slim financing compared to the political regime of Syria and its allies (Air force, missiles, modern tanks, other military equipment, huge provisions and a hug amount of money)
according to the above mentioned facts, If 5000 Jihadists attack Hezbollah in Lebanon they will destroy it completely
What is the church? Did I miss it? Maronite? Incredible history in Syria! Thanks for sharing.
You are the best^^
I just follow you, I feel like traveling around the world, different countries, different cultures.
So brave to be in syria
from the heart of a Syrian refugee thank you man... I used to go with my family to these places before the war ...with your videos, you are letting me relive the best of the memories that I had in my home town which I am now no forbidden to visit again ....... have a nice day.
I can’t imagine home many shells and bombs have to hit on of those buildings to destroy them to the current state. To think of all of the buildings and how many battles take place for each building.
Go to Lebanon to baalbeck and see its incredible
You most welcome to syria ❤❤
I wish i could be with you In my city Homs but i moved to paris this month 💔 , very excited to watch your video
See you in Homs Jord❤
It is my city
hey, i have a question do you know backpackyourlife ?
Christian 💙💛❤️
Heart breaking scenes .....So sad about this world !If we can Rest In Peace why can’t we live in peace too???
Krak de chevaliers is right next to my great grandparents village Amar(Umar)
Welcome to homs man
Before civil war syria is best and good cultures country for travel
❤❤🇸🇾
How is the world so connected to gift us the ability to see through each other's eyes and experiences but at the same time be so divided to have our lives gripped by war and hatred??
This is sad to witness but I see the eyes of the people is the heartbreaking part. I DO SEE, amazing strength and the natural ability for the capacity to live and love, the same a you and I. America needs to stop the war mongering that the evil people making money benifitting from these actions, greedy powerful people should be brought down I believe this be the ultimate solution Humanity United Must Demand this end and those in power removed and we must be allowed to govern ourselves with out them , period. All religious freedom exist among the people to work together of all humanity in the righteous care of all our babies on this blue marble. Syria is beautiful...
The Chevalier Castle is regarded by experts as the best castle in the world and has never been breached. Why is it mindblowing that tourists have not been, who the hell chooses to go to a war torn country except you and journalists.
Geat Job and please stay safe
Just a correction. Maaloula was occupied by Al Nusra, who are Al Qaeda in Syria, not ISIS. Same with Krak de Chevaliers.
I think you really should go nawa in Syria
Hi Jord , when you comne Italy let me know I wish to meet you!!!
Love the videos! One question though, why are you always out of breath?!? I always lose focus cause im listening to you breathe😂
its difficult to understand, but the regime actually tried to protect Christians
They are part of the Syrian people so why is it hard to understand?😕😕😕
Who told you that?
Go to the Google and make research about the numbers of Christian new and before the fucken regime
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Just discovered you thru your 5 years video.. I love travel didi it for 2 years.then ran out. And looked into online jobs and im kicking my self because i didn't start youtube. I started a month ago not a traveling theme but. Any advice for someone that wants to be a full-time traveller. Keep in mind i am patient
Better than Lebanon No Way
I'm from sireaya
Won’t you visit lattakia??
4:40 Probably shelled out from rockets given by Obama and Hillary.
Haha yeah it was.
I saw you in the video in the circus of Bosra castle in Darra provance but I think you dont post the vedio about the city .
I am from Syria I live in Syria
Everyone on earth has 2 home
His birth place .. and Syria
👉NOT👈 true
1:17 Why do you have wires on your AirPods? Good vid tho.
i love damasc roses
When you go to Gaza?
Please film about our night life :)
What night life gost city homs close at 9
Ali Alahmad Thats not true I have some friends living in homs , especially in Wadi Al Nasara and Marmarita
Parties are 24/24
And also in Damascus.
@@sabaheyy9679 the street are empty i visit homs alot
@xixvالحسن vsv i am from lattakia
I was talking about homs then
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Oh yes.
Am I the first here?
I was?
@@SpeedStacker-ml9hp ok bro, no scene.
Very heartbreaking for Syria 😥
#Wellcome to Syria😍
فيك
@Mahir Hussam Did you speek france
@Mahir Hussam Do you from Syria??
@Mahir Hussam I live in Aleppo city ,and me