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Discover Ar Riyaf in Syria

Ar Riyaf in the region of Tartus is a town located in Syria - some 81 mi or ( 131 km ) North of Damascus , the country's capital .

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Local time in Ar Riyaf is now 10:01 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Damascus " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Nicosia, Tall Kalakh, Tall 'Awi, Tabbat Hanna, and Satita. When in this area, you might want to check out Nicosia . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Ar Riyaf ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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mashta azar drive

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Krak des Chevaliers

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1965

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Voyages au Moyen-Orient 1965 ..

Syria_Crac des Chevaliers

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One of the last Crusader castles en route to Jerusalem ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Safita

Safita is a city in Tartous Governorate, northwestern Syria, located to the southeast of Tartous and to the northwest of Krak des Chevaliers. The city has a population of 33,000 and is almost equally splited between Greek Orthodox Christians and Alawites. It's situated atop three hills and the valleys between them, in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range.

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Located at 34.82 36.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Cities in Syria, Populated places in Safita District

Cheikh Mohammad

Cheikh Mohammad is a village situated in the Lebanese Akkar District. Situated 400 metres above sea level, in between two mountains, it overlooks the Akkar plains and sea. It is made up of approximately 450 houses, with 99% of the population being Christian, mostly Orthodox and Melkite Catholics. This small village contains two schools, a primary and secondary as well as two churches, one dating back hundreds of years. And the very first hospital in AKKAR .

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Located at 34.55 36.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Populated places in Lebanon

Rene Mouawad Air Base

Rene Mouawad Air Base, formerly and still sometimes known as Kleyate Airport (مطار القليعات, Matar al-Qulay`at), used to be a military-civil joint airport in northern Lebanon, located near the town of Kleyate (also spelled Al Qulay`at, Qulayaat or El Qlaïaat) and 6 km from the Lebanese-Syrian border.

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Located at 34.59 36.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Airports in Lebanon, Airports with year of establishment missing, Lebanese Air Force bases, Military of Lebanon

Saint George's Monastery, Homs

Saint George Monastery or Deir Mar Georges is a historic Antiochian Orthodox monastery located in northwestern Syria's "Valley of the Christians" (وادي النصارة, Wadi al-Nasara) in the town of Meshtaye, a village belonging to the Homs Governorate, just a few kilometers north of the famous castle Krak des Chevaliers. The valley is a regional center of Greek Orthodox Christianity since the 6th century.

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Located at 34.77 36.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Homs Governorate, Christian monasteries established in the 5th century, Christian monasteries in Syria

Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi

Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi (Arabic for the southern great river, النهر الكبير الجنوبي) is a river in the Middle East flowing into the Mediterranean Sea. The river flows through the Homs Gap. The river forms the northern end of the border between modern day Lebanon and Syria. In antiquity the river was known as Eleutherus. (Eleutheros, Eleuteris) and is referred to as such in the apocryphal 1 Maccabees 11:7 and 12:30. In English, it is also known as the Nahr el-Kebir or simply as the Kebir.

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Located at 34.63 35.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: International rivers of Asia, Lebanon–Syria border, Rivers of Lebanon, Rivers of Syria