Dayr az-Zawr

Deir ez Zor, also spelled Dayr az-Zawr, Der Ezzor, Deir Azzor, and other variants (Arabic: دير الزور‎; Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, Armenian: Տէր Զօր, Դեր Զոր, Ter Zor), is the largest city in northeastern Syria on the Euphrates River and capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, 450 km to the northeast from the capital Damascus. As in 2009, there were around 511,000 people living in the metropolitan area of the city. 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 region around it, 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...