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Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, with its once-grand hotel named for a warrior queen By Jane Arraf Published June 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM EDT ...

They would have plenty of solitude. Syria is recovering from 12 years of civil war and Palmyra itself changed hands twice during fighting between the Syrian regime, Russian forces and ISIS. You see ...

Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, ... It was named after Queen Zenobia, the legendary ruler of ancient Palmyra who annexed part of the Roman Empire when the city was a key stop on the Silk Road.

NPR Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, with its once-grand hotel named for a warrior queen. Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of ...