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Dayr az Zawr

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April 21st 2010
I stopped for a day in Dayr az Zawr, lucky to get one of the last rooms on town. Not the most exciting place in the world but good as a base for visiting some ruins in the area. The Euphrates runs through the city. A river with great history, and as the Syrians realize a great place the throw all your garbage in as eventually it will all get flushed away to another country anyway.... The main attr ... read more

Middle East » Syria » East » Dayr az Zawr

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Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in ... ... read more