Deir ez-Zor is the largest city in eastern Syria and the seventh largest in the country.
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Deir ez-Zor is the largest city in eastern Syria and the seventh largest in the country.
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Archaeological findings in Deir ez-Zor Ezzor indicate that the area has been inhabited since the ninth millennium BC.
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When Syria came under the Roman Empire in 64 BC, Deir Ez-Zor was a small, marginal village known as Azdra, which the Romans made the center of the region and founded a strong military garrison.
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When security was relatively stable, the commercial convoys started passing through the area, and Deir ez-Zor Ezzor was a station for them, providing them with food, feed, and comfort.
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People of Deir ez-Zor Ezzor sought to get rid of British rule and wrote their wish to the Arab government in Damascus, The Iraqi officers of the Iraqi "Al-'Ahd Party" in Damascus wanted to occupy Deir ez-Zor Ezzor to make it a base to liberate Iraq from the British occupation.
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Deir ez-Zor instructed his brother Mahmoud to set up an ambush in Ain Albu Gomaa on the road between Deir Ez-Zor and Al-Raqqa, where the highway runs through a profound valley and has a narrow stone bridge.
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Deir ez-Zor Ezzor was one of the first cities that saw large demonstrations.
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Deir ez-Zor was the final concentration place for Deir ez-Zor Camps for annihilating the Armenian deportation caravans.
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The Deir ez-Zor Museum keeps thousands of antiquities collected from nearby archaeological sites in Northern Mesopotamia.
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Deir ez-Zor is home to the third Armenian diplomatic mission in Syria; the Honorary Consulate of Armenia, opened on 11 February 2010.
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Deir ez-Zor Airport is an under-developed domestic and international terminal and important hub mostly connecting with Damascus and destinations in the Persian Gulf region.
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