"Krak des Chevaliers?" I asked the bus driver. "Yes! Yes," he yelled impatiently, pulling me onto the bus, probably having not understood my question.

Even under Syria's intense sun, the windswept summit of Krak des Chevaliers is cooled by breezes that whip through arrow slits cut into the heavily-fortified structure. It stands as it has for ...

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The battle lines of the Syrian civil war are edging closer to Krak des Chevaliers, the most famous Crusader castle ever built. The massive walls and towers of the great fortress on its hilltop ...

The Krak des Chevaliers is one of the most important and well preserved medieval castles in the world.

The Krak des Chevaliers was the first line of defence to the Count of Tripoli as crusaders never established control over Homs. The Hospitallers were given four other castles along the borders of the ...

This was published 9 years ago Last stand at Syria's Krak des Chevaliers As Islamic extremists continue to obliterate Roman and Christian shrines, one Syrian castle, defended by soldiers prepared ...

As the fighting creeps ever nearer to Syria’s landmark fortress of Krak des Chevaliers, Patrick Cockburn reports from Homs on a civil war in which no historic monument – however famous – is ...

Syrian government forces show reporters around the recently recaptured Crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers, where significant war damage is visible.

A visit to the Krak des Chevaliers should be on the itinerary of every Clinton administration official promoting the latest push for peace under new Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

“Krak des Chevaliers?” I asked the bus driver. “Yes, yes,” he yelled impatiently, pulling me on to bus, likely having not understood my question. An hour later the bus slowed to a halt.