IN THE ONLY ZOO IN SYRIA! 🇸🇾 😮

2026-06-04 · YouTube · Salah and Chantal · 53 min

Salah walks viewers through Damascus's small zoo (the only zoo in Syria), showing birds, peacocks, big cats, bears and vendor stalls. He comments on animal care (dry enclosures, lack of water, heat), buys a cold drink (kiwi-strawberry-lemon mix / gelato mentioned), and explains plans to visit the nearby Hamidiya Souk and the Umayyad Mosque in a later stream. Technical issues (hot phone, poor network) cause video glitches; Salah ends the stream and asks viewers to return in an hour.

Video guide

  1. 0:01 — Intro: welcome to the only zoo in Syria
  2. 1:19 — Bird enclosures and parrot species
  3. 10:31 — Vendor area and snacks (popcorn, gelato, drinks)
  4. 16:09 — Large animals: lions and bears, animal welfare concerns
  5. 36:39 — Cooling off: buying a kiwi-strawberry-lemon drink
  6. 44:18 — Plans to visit Hamidiya Souk and the Umayyad Mosque
  7. 37:56 — Stream problems, hot phone and ending the stream

People, places, food, and other named details

  • Person — Salah: Speaker who narrates the zoo visit and interacts with viewers
  • Place — Damascus: City where the zoo is located; host states this is in Damascus, the capital of Syria
  • Place — Syria: Country where the zoo is located
  • Restaurant — Damazoo (the zoo's vendor area): On-site vendor area selling popcorn, ice cream/gelato, juices and drinks
  • Food — gelato / ice cream: Cold desserts sold at the zoo vendors; gelato cones discussed and sampled
  • Food — kiwi, strawberries and lemon drink: Cold mixed fruit drink purchased to cope with the heat; host identifies flavors as kiwi, strawberries and lemon
  • Food — sunflower seeds: Bird food mentioned as being provided to birds
  • Food — popcorn: Vendor snack available at the zoo
  • Food — pistachio: Local pistachio variety mentioned in Arabic at the vendor
  • Cuisine — street / vendor snacks: General category for snacks sold by vendors (popcorn, juices, ice cream)
  • Organization — Damazoo (the zoo): The zoo in Damascus described as the only zoo in Syria; houses rescued/abandoned animals
  • Food — carrots: Small mention in vendor interaction (asked about carrots)
  • Place — Hamidiya Souk: Famous market in Damascus Salah plans to visit in the next stream
  • Place — Umayyad Mosque: Famous mosque in Damascus Salah plans to show from inside and outside in a later stream

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