Archive for February, 2008
Suweida
Capital of the Hauran, Suweida has a place in the hearts of many Syrians for two reasons:
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From Hama the Orontes River flows northwest for 50km and then into the Al-Ghab plain, a vast green valley stretching between Jebel Ansariyya to the west and Jebel az-Za-wiyya to the east. It’s said that in ancient times the pharaoh Thutmose III came here to hunt elephants, and a thousand years later Hannibal was here teaching the Syrians how to use elephants in war.
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