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
Toughest stretch was across the Syrian Desert where blinding sandstorms sometimes rise 20,000 ft. and huge kitebirds menace aerial navigation.
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
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
A direct eastward march from the lower part of Palestine across the great Syrian Desert was then, as ever, utterly impracticable.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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