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headquarters in al-Sanamayn. Al-Sanamayn is base to the 9th
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Christian church. In addition he noted "there are the remains of several large and beautiful buildings, and some of the houses are in the best style of Hauran architecture." Among the features of these structures were large walls, stone doors, roofs and
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Sanamayn, and controlled large parts of the city, but never completely controlled the city as it was home to a number of military security centers, and the 9th division. Rebels would engage in small scale
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338:(CBS), al-Sanamayn had a population of 26,268 in the 2004 census. In addition to being capital of the al-Sanamayn District, the city is also the administrative center and second largest locality of the al-Sanamayn
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to the north. Al-Sanamayn was "well supplied with water," contained several bird species and its pools were filled with leeches which would be collected and sold in the markets of
Damascus. In 1898 the
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1067:. Mapcarta. Map depicts al-Sanamayn and nearby localities.
348:. Al-Sanamayn has an altitude of 640 metres (2,100 feet).
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Petersen, Andrew (2012). "8: The Hajj Route in Syria".
1464:"The Assad Regime: From Counterinsurgency To Civil War"
1218:. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 293, 534.
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1505:"'Reconciliation' in Syria: The Case of Al-Sanamayn"
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1624:Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977).
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1808:A Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine
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751:Sanamayn was stormed by the Syrian Army in the
1843:Crusaders and Muslims in Twelfth-century Syria
1787:. Council for British Research in the Levant.
1490:. United Press International, Inc. 2011-09-18.
368:for possible explanation (two Roman temples).
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1503:Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (27 April 2017).
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1687:Michie, Allan Andrew (1942).
1606:Roman Syria and the Near East
1539:Syrians for Truth and Justice
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782:Climate data for Al-Sanamayn
769:Köppen climate classification
746:2018 Southern Syria offensive
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1825:. Harvard University Press.
1533:bassamalahmed (2020-04-22).
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1822:The Middle East Under Rome
1726:"On the site of Ashtaroth"
1709:. Hunter Publishing, Inc.
1680:Palestine Exploration Fund
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1155:Nelles Guide, 1999, p.
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1811:. Vol. 1. Murray.
1609:. Getty Publications.
1307:Le Strange, 1890, pp.
1248:Amabe, Fukuzo (2016).
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1703:Nelles Guide (1999).
1588:. London: Routledge.
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1954:Al-Sanamayn District
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1391:Michie, 1942, p. 82.
679:French Mandate, WWII
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16:City in Daraa, Syria
2903:Ottoman hajj routes
1736:. Murray: 331–338.
1678:. Committee of the
1585:Damascus: A History
1238:Gaube 1982, p. 593.
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1874:Monuments of Syria
1691:Retreat to Victory
1382:Baedeker 1898:183.
1370:Newbold, 1846, p.
1358:Newbold, 1846, p.
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1138:Butcher, 2003, p.
763:Al-Sanamayn has a
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