Zalabiye and Halabiye
April 21st 2010 I took a day trip from Dayr az Zawr to visit the old twin cities of Zalabiye and Halabiye. First I along the northern shore of the Euphrates to see Zalabiye. There's not much left of the city, as it is very exposed on an outer bend of the Euphrates and most of it has crumbled into the river over the years I guess.
I crossed the river on a fun floating bridge a few kms upstream to get to Halabiy
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