The earthquake seems to have resulted in serious damage to Fortress of Saladin, Aleppo Citadel and Saint Simeon Stylites monastery:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230313-syrian-castle-among-quake-hit-ancient-sites-at-risk

Not good.

About Syria, I'm planning a trip late september for 10-12 days to see 5 of 6 WHS (the north villages aren't avialable now), plus up to 8 of the TWHS.

if anyone is interested in sharing the car let me know.

christravelblog
The Ancient Villages are the only WHS I still need to visit. Of the other five, four are of incredibly high calibre - or they were prior to the civil war anyway. I almost don't want to hear from you what state Palmyra and Aleppo are in nowadays. Of the tentative sites I would love to see Dura Europos - again likely to have been heavily damaged by IS. Ensure you visit the Dura Europos synagogue in the National Museum in Damascus.

Would anyone be interested in a Syria trip next year, provided the safety situation remains half safe? Otherwise I'd be looking at booking a group tour to Syria. Or looking at a group tour to Turkmenistan.

The safety is one thing but they still want one to transfer $1,000 on arrival which is pretty useless for a short visit. Perhaps there is a grey area to sell off the crappy currency.

I still need to go....... but I do not like group tours but for sure open for a small group of 3-4 pax that at least have the same interest.
but real honest, i plan quite ad hoc. i have itineraries ready for many many trip, but then suddenly book when i can and go.

I get you Christravelblog. I might shelve this idea for a bit as well and see how things in Lebanon develop first. Once they become available I'll book a flight to Greenland for next June. And otherwise see what happens.