Outside the cities the countryside in Syria is beautiful. We saw small flocks of sheep and goats, each flock grazing under the watchful eye of the shepherd just like Biblical times and donkeys and camels going about their work. There were fields of wheat and vegetables and tens of thousands of fruit and nut trees - olives, cherries, oranges, lemons, apples, pistachios, almonds and more. The hillier areas had meadows full of wild flowers - a friend counted over 30 different varieties in a small area. Here are some of them.
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