Jabal al-Bilas () is a desert height located 500 meters (1,640 ft) above sea level in
Syria
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.
A marker, laid by Roman governor
Silanus 75 kilometres (47 mi) northwest of
Palmyra
Palmyra ( ; Palmyrene dialect, Palmyrene: (), romanized: ''Tadmor''; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first menti ...
, was found there, probably marking the Palmyrene's boundaries with
Epiphania.
Occasional old pistachio trees of up to 5 meters in height can still be found there.
Syrian Civil War
On 19 April 2022, in the Al-Fasedah area, a landmine planted by
Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadism, Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS ...
militants exploded, targeting a group of
Pro-Assad soldiers
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Etymology
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, killing 3 of them and injuring 3 others.
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Mountains of Syria
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