First Foreign Tourists in Syria's Quneitra - Golan Heights Vlog

**IMPORTANT NOTE! In the video I say "peace agreements", but it was not quite a peace agreement. It was a cessation of hostitilies, or a ceasefire.**

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Also, I'd like to give a special thanks to Fadi Assi and the Golden Team in Syria for making this trip possible. Furthermore, I would like to thank CultureRoad Travel, the Dutch Tourism company that organised this group, for allowing me to join their group for this day.

In this vlog, our group was the first foreign tourist group to visit the Syrian controlled parts of the Golan Heights since the start of the Syrian war (around 12 years!). We visited the abandoned city of Quneitra, which was abandoned in the 1960s and then destroyed by Israel in the 1970s, upon withdrawal.

[pekkasupa]

Israel did use the area as a training ground. But to tell the truth, Syria itself bulldozed Quneitra to the state it is in now.

I lived there for 16 months in 1991-1992 as a Peacekeeper.

[HibaAlBabili]

With which tourist office did you come to Syria? I wish you always happy travels and that you return to Syria soon

[brendantravels]

Is Syria allowing US passport holders to visit right now? Or still waiting? Thanks.

[pdsckf]

I visited that place in 2012. time flies

[kimmomiettunen]

I was there 1990-1991 and crossed daily from Syria to Israel and back, my homebase were in Ar Fafid in Syria side

[shariffkhan]

Xavier bro..Brilliant video..Absolutely marvelous✅.. Very KIYADIYATI.. 🕋👍🙏

[guynehemia]

You present a very one sided picture of the conflict with Israel

[fernandoespinoza]

Very informative video. Looking forward to it

[MuhammadAwais-nqvl]

Informative and interesting video, Thanks for sharing

[iceicebebe]

The entire Golan Heights should be awarded to Israel.

[xebtzhy]

He keeps saying Israel occupies most of the Golan, brother your beard occupies only most of your jaw 😂

[daverave]

The claim that the South of Syria returned under control of the Syrian state 'in a largely peaceful manner' as part of reconciliation agreements is hilarious. The whole area has seen bitter fighting between different opposition groups and Syrian army, Iranian militias and Russian troups. I guess your tour guide did not inform you what for example happened in Dara'a only one year ago when the Syrian army besieged half of the city. He Mist likely did not talk about the indiscriminate shelling of the residential neighbourhoods to eradicate opposition groups, with a high civilian death toll and starving of civilian population as collateral damage. I guess he did also not inform you that Israel helped evacuate members of the voluntary civilian protection from the approaching Syrian army to save their lifes via Quneitra.

[keepmoving.]

It is not annexed, it is recovered. Golan is a Hebrew name, proof that this area is part of the ancestral land of the Jewish People partially occupied by Muslim Arabs after the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1918.

[MartintheMetalhead]

I’ve seen videos of Druze wedding on that border. A bride will cross the border to marry her man.

[Palestinewillbefree]

Golan heights belong to Syria an only Palestine land no isnotreal 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[sailordude]

It wasn't so funny tourist place to visit on 80's. It didn't make me smile like that.

[scottsimon]

Most of the residents of the Golan Heights are Druze & many have Israeli citizenship and serve in the Israeli army. There are also about 30, 000 Israelis living there. Israel annexed the Golan in 1980 & it has been part of Israel for more than twice as long as it was part of Syria.

[leonardonapoleonmendozazum]

interesante desde Peru lo entendi en ingles tambien sus comentarios

[Rickyrab]

Oh look, the no man's land between Syria and Israel lol.

[davestonehill]

I love Israel's Golan Heights. One of the most beautiful parts of Israel. Thanks for showing us the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.