Deir ez-Zor, also spelled Deir Ezzor, Deir Al-Zor, Deir-al-Zour,Dayr al-Zawr,Der Ezzor and other variants (Arabic:دير الزور; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, Armenian:Տէր Զօր, Դեր Զոր, Der Zor), is the seventh largest city in Syria and the largest in the eastern part of Syria. Located 450km (280mi) to the northeast from the capital Damascus on the shores of Euphrates River, Deir ez-Zor is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. According to the 2004 official census, 211,857 people were residing in the city that year.
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Among Syrians and neighbouring regions, Ad-Deir is used for short to indicate Deir ez Zor. The current name, which has been extended to the surrounding region, indicates an ancient site for one of the Early Christian secluded monasteries spread since the persecution times and Apostolic Age throughout Mesopotamia. Although Deir, which is Arabic for "monastery", thought to be kept throughout Medieval and Modern Age renaming, Zor, which indicates the riverbank bush, appeared only in some late Ottoman records.
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Despite the diversity of the initiatives and their spread over vast spaces, covering Aleppo, Hama, and Homs, and cleaning their public squares and famous facilities, the public and official focus in ...
Israeli jets struck PalmyraMilitary Airport and the nearby Al-Bustan area, which previously housed Iranian militia positions ... The outlet also reported that US helicopters flew at low altitudes over Deir Ezzor ... "Today's incursion was different ... ....
Security forces in Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor have arrested the head of an Iran-affiliated faction that fought alongside ousted president Bashar al-Assad's forces, a war monitor said Friday.
Winter hardships ... In Quneitra province, each school received 2,720 liters of heating oil, the largest allocation, while schools in Deir Ezzor province received only 111 liters, marking the lowest allocation among the governorates ... UN reports ... ....
In the city of Deir Ezzor, an Enab Baladi correspondent reported that this year’s truffle season is different due to both the low available quantities and the residents’ fears of landmines.
... flow through the station in its first phase, with production gradually increasing and distribution extending to the provinces of Damascus, Rif Dimashq, Homs, Daraa, Deir Ezzor, Quneitra, and Aleppo.
Olive oil prices have gradually decreased over the past few weeks in Deir Ezzor, eastern Syria, with the price of a tin (16 liters) now at 780,000Syrian pounds, down from 1,200,000 pounds at the end of 2024.
This is not the first time conflicting statements have emerged from northeastern Syria, as this situation was previously observed during the military clashes in Deir Ezzor between the SDF and tribal components from within the province itself.
Conversely, the fields in Deir Ezzor require significant efforts for rehabilitation and operation and connecting the producing wells to gathering stations from the fields of al-Omar, al-Taim, al-Tanak, al-Ward, Nishan, and Abu Khashab.
This gathering affirmed the birth of a new Syria, free from oppression and tyranny ... Rawan Ahmad from Deir Ezzor affirmed that, for her, the revolution ended with the fall of the tyrant and the Syrian people attaining their freedom ... Ruaa al-Jazaeri ....
The Civil Defence explained to Enab Baladi that the largest number of war remnants incidents occurred primarily in the rural areas of Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama, followed by Latakia, Homs, Damascus and its countryside, and Deir Ezzor ... ....
In Deir Ezzor city, ... Three main power generation plants were destroyed at different times, including the Aleppo thermal power station, the Zayzoun plant in Idlib, and the al-Taim plant in Deir Ezzor.