Syrian Desert

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noun

a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).

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Yazbek tells The Daily Beast that the traffickers guarantee their service, and they treat the Syrian refugees with respect.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Normality, domesticity, ease, in the blazing Arizona desert.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Desert Golfing is the distillation of Angry Birds into its purest essence.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Desert Golfing is the gaming equivalent of putting TV on in the background.
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After we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The leaves were motionless, the river crept past without a murmur, the dark hills rose out of the distant desert like a wave.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The author of the life of St. Francis Xavier, asserts, that "by one sermon he converted ten thousand persons in a desert island."
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various