This page is a guide to photographs on this site taken in Syria October 2009 that illustrate what has been lost in the ongoing catastrophic war.

Syria Before The War

• The Syria section of the original pages posted after the Middle East trip.

• Beginning of the Syria section of the photojournal from the trip. (23 photos)

1. •Faces of Syria, posted after the democracy movement turned into a war. (7 pages)
   

• Faces of Syria Journal (31 photos)

The Destruction of Palmyra

• The Palmyra section of the photojournal. (22 photos)

Additional photographs

1. •The destroyed Temple of Bel and statues protected
   

by the Palmyra Museum curator DAESH (ISIS) beheaded. (13 photos) 

1. •The destroyed Arch (3 photos)
   

• I Love Palmyra. Children’s art fair near Temple of Bel and Arch (6 photos)