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How I traveled from France to Syria in 2021 via Beirut

Zahra Ahmad
4 min readFeb 12, 2021

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Photo by Mohammad Helal on Unsplash

Nowadays, traveling to Syria can be really hectic, and many friends keep asking me how can they travel to Syria nowadays and if this is safe or not.

The quick answer: traveling to Syria in 2021 (especially Damascus, Latakia and the sea shore, and Homs) is totally safe and fun, I really had lovely time traveling there last week, and I am sharing the details of my trip with you, especially the technical staff that you would like to know :).

If you have any question about Syria or traveling to Syria, ask me in the comments, I will be happy to help you and give you information you need.

My Flight from France to Beirut

First of all, I am Syrian-Russian, so I do not need visa to go Syria, if you are not Syrian, make sure to ask the closest Syrian embassy about how to get visa there.

I booked a flight with the Middle East Airlines from CDG to BEY airport, I needed my COVID19 negative test in Paris where they asked me for it before I was allowed to check-in.

Taxi from Beirut to Damascus

At the beginning, this might sound crazy, but actually this because the new norm for travelers to Syria, yes, a taxi between two countries, and here is the steps how I made it:

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Zahra Ahmad
Zahra Ahmad

Written by Zahra Ahmad

MSc in Data Science, I love to extract the hell out of any raw data, sexy plots and figures are my coffee

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