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Syrian Desert

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noun

  1. 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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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

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

The first party of white men to cross the Syrian Desert after the War was Dr. Breasted's.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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