The Ruqqad is a

wadi Wadi ( ; ) is a river valley or a wet (ephemerality, ephemeral) Stream bed, riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs. Wadis are located on gently sloping, nearly flat parts of deserts; commonly they begin on the distal portion ...

flowing in south-west

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. It flows into the Yarmouk River, of which it is one of the main tributaries, and forms the topographical eastern boundary of the

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. It marks the south-west part of the ceasefire line between the Israel-occupied part of the Golan Heights and the Syrian-held part of the region. The Syrian controlled side was occupied by Israel in the 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria. The Battle of Yarmuk between the Byzantines and

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s in 636 took place in an area bordered by Wadi ar-Raqqad, close to its junction with the Yarmuk River.

Name

The name is written as Wadi ar-Raqqad, al Raqqad, Ruqqad or Ruqqād, in different combinations. The word is derived from the root ''RQD'' and means more or less to sleep or lie down.

References

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