Syrian Desert
Americannoun
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About 100 miles west of Baghdad in Sunni-dominated Anbar province, the base sits on the Syrian Desert.
From Time • Jan. 5, 2015
Out over the Syrian Desert last week flew 24 British Royal Air Force planes, fanwise, in quest of something.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In other directions, the city is surrounded by the Badiya as-Sham, the great Syrian Desert, where, for seven months of the year, the relentless sun becomes a blinding enemy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The first party of white men to cross the Syrian Desert after the War was Dr. Breasted's.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A direct eastward march from the lower part of Palestine across the great Syrian Desert was then, as now, utterly impracticable.
From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir
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