In 2007, after Operation Orchard, he traveled to Syria and visited Damascus.

In 1916, on a mission to Istanbul, he visited Damascus twice.

In 1620 he visited Jerusalem and Damascus, and during the next six years made the pilgrimage five times.

Siddig plays a former Syrian intelligence officer who sets about tracking down his daughter after she disappears while visiting Damascus.

He was accused of softening the American stance against terrorism by visiting Damascus, a charge Administration officials denied.

Hrawi, who was visiting Damascus, the Syrian capital, at the time of the assassination, described it as "an act of aggression against the state security".

Some information is obtainable from travellers who visited Damascus during the nineteenth century.

He first visited Damascus, his hometown in 2004 where he was detained and placed under a 3-year travel ban by Syrian authorities.

President Clinton decided to visit Damascus after a long debate in which his advisers painstakingly listed the many pros and cons, Administration officials said.

In May 1992, Shumeyko, leading a parliamentary delegation, visited Damascus.