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The Syrian Desert (Arabic: بادية الشام Bādiyat Ash-Shām), also known as the North Arabian Desert, [1] the Jordanian steppe, or the Badiya, [2] is a region of desert, semi-desert, and steppe, covering about 500,000 square kilometers (200,000 square miles) of West Asia, including parts of northern Saudi Arabia, eastern Jordan, southern Syria, and western Iraq.
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The city is essential to a key route linking eastern Syria to Iraq. However, in the hours following, IS launched a counteroffensive and retook al-Bukamal, with the Syrian Free Army suffering significant casualties. [8] As of 10 May 2017, IS has maintained control over al-Bukamal and the key route linking Syria and Iraq.
Syrian desert near Palmyra. The entire eastern plateau region is intersected by a low chain of mountains, the Jabal ar Ruwaq, the Jabal Abu Rujmayn, and the Jebel Bishri, extending northeastward from the Jabal Al Arab to the Euphrates. South of these mountains lies a barren desert region known as the Hamad. North of the Jabal ar Ruwaq and east ...
Tihamah Desert The highest point in the Arab world is in Morocco called Jbel Toubkal , standing 4,165m tall, making it the 40th highest place on earth, and 6th in Africa , [ 3 ] next comes Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb (at 3,666 m (12,028 ft)) [ 3 ] in Yemen and Cheekha Dar (at 3,611 m (11,847 ft)) [ 4 ] in Iraq .
Map of the Iraq-Syria border. The Iraqi–Syrian border is the border between Syria and Iraq and runs for a total length of 599 km (372 mi) across Upper Mesopotamia and the Syrian desert, from the tripoint with Jordan in the south-west to the tripoint with Turkey in the north-east. [1]
By late March 2019, IS territory in Syria was reduced to only the besieged 4,000 km 2 (1,550 sq mi) Syrian Desert pocket. [21] The enclave was surrounded by Syrian government forces and its allies. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 21 ] The Syrian military conducted combing operations and airstrikes against the pocket, but with limited success.