A GLIMPSE OF SYRIA POST WAR 2025

2025-07-06 · YouTube · Foodie Beauty · 9 min

Chantal (Foodie Beauty) shares her first vlog from Syria in July 2025 following the fall of the Assad regime. She documents travel logistics (flight routing through Montreal, Istanbul, Beirut and a land crossing into Syria), border transfer via taxi, scenic mountain and olive-tree landscapes, crowded streets and small shops (duccans), livestock and street life, a KFG fried-chicken knockoff, and somber footage of war-damaged buildings with people still living among the ruins. The video closes with a short hike in a valley and a simple lunch of roasted chickens used to make shawarma.

Video guide

  1. 0:06 — Intro and vlog announcement
  2. 0:29 — First Syria vlog context (July 2025)
  3. 1:02 — Flight routing and layovers (Montreal → Istanbul → Beirut)
  4. 1:29 — Land border crossing and taxi transfer into Syria
  5. 2:10 — Scenic landscape and olive groves
  6. 3:49 — Urban streets, shops (duccans) and daily life
  7. 4:53 — Livestock, street safety and local observations
  8. 6:31 — Commercial signs and local food (KFG)
  9. 6:42 — War-damaged buildings and people living among ruins
  10. 8:08 — Valley hike and drought-affected water features
  11. 9:07 — Lunch in the valley — chickens and shawarma

People, places, food, and other named details

  • Food — olives: Olives and olive trees observed along drives; discussion of curing/brining.
  • Food — iced coffee: Iced coffee provided by taxi driver at the border transfer.
  • Food — water: Bottled water given by taxi driver and purchased at a local duccan (store).
  • Food — roasted chickens: Whole or roasted chickens purchased and used to make shawarma for lunch in the valley.
  • Food — shawarma: Shawarma prepared from the chickens picked up for lunch.
  • Food — crispy chicken (KFG): Menu item referenced at a local KFC knockoff known as 'KFG' that sells crispy chicken and other dishes.
  • Restaurant — KFG (KFC knockoff): A local fried-chicken shop observed and mentioned as a knockoff of KFC.
  • Place — duccan (small convenience store): Local small retail stores (convenience-style) encountered in towns; owner lacked cold water/electricity due to outages.

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