The Best Attractions In As Suwayda

Mar Sarkis

As-Suwayda , also spelled Sweida or Swaida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan. It is the capital of As-Suwayda Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, bordering Jordan in the South and Daraa Governorate in the West and Rif Dimashq Governorate in the north and east. The city is referred to by some as Little Venezuela due to the city's influx of affluent Venezuelan Syrians immigrants.
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The Best Attractions In As Suwayda

1. As Suwayda Museum As Suwayda
The 2018 As-Suwayda attacks were a string of suicide bombings and gun attacks that took place in and around As-Suwayda, Syria on 25 July, killing at least 258 people and injuring 180 others. The attacks were committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant .
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2. Shahba City As Suwayda
Shahba is a city located 87 km south of Damascus in the Jabal el Druze in As-Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. Known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis , the city was the seat of a Bishopric , which remains a Latin titular see.
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3. Temple of the Sun God As Suwayda
4. Busra Coliseum Bosra
5. Deir Mar Takla Maaloula
6. The Canyon (The Siq) Maaloula
7. Ma'alula Village (Maaloula) Maaloula
Maaloula or Maҁlūlā is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in Syria. The town is located 56 km to the northeast of Damascus and built into the rugged mountainside, at an altitude of more than 1500 m. It is known as one of three remaining villages where Western Neo-Aramaic is spoken, the other two being the nearby villages Jubb'adin and Bakhah.
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8. Mar Sarkis Maaloula
Several monasteries in Syria, Lebanon and Turkey are dedicated to Mar Sarkis and Bakhos . These include: Monastery of Mar Sarkis and Bakhos, Tourza North Lebanon Monastery of Mar Sarkis and Bakhos - Ras Al Nahr in Ehden, Lebanon. It belongs to the Lebanese Antonin Maronite Order since 1736. Monastery of Mar Sarkis - Bsharri. It belonged since the 16th Century to the Carmelite Fathers. In 1931, it was acquired by the family of Khalil Gibran, the famous Lebanese writer, poet and painter as a burial place. In 1975, the Gibran National Committee transformed the Monastery into the Gibran Museum for the works of Gibran. Monastery of Mar Sarkis, Maaloula, Syria. Monastery of Little Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey.
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9. Mar Thecla Monastery Maaloula

As Suwayda Videos

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SWEIDA, JABAL AL ARAB, SYRIA, MINUMENTS, MOSAIC

CANTOS DRUSOS TRADICIONALES DE SWEIDA, SIRIA

Se muestra parte de los cantos tradicionales drusos de la provincia de Sweida, Siria en el pueblo cercano a la frontera con Jordania llamado Umm Urr Rumman, durante el verano del año 2008, en el matrimonio de Talab y Ahlam Alhadi.

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The Best Attractions In As Suwayda