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Ayn al Hawr Destination Guide

Delve into Ayn al Hawr in Syria

Ayn al Hawr in the region of Quneitra is located in Syria - some 37 mi or ( 60 km ) South-West of Damascus , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Ayn al Hawr

Local time in Ayn al Hawr is now 05:06 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Damascus " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Nicosia, Mazra'at Bayt Jinn, Al Mansurah, Khan Arnabah, and Aleppo. While being here, you might want to check out Nicosia . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Ayn al Hawr ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Welcome to GOLAN...Land of Peace.

3:40 min by Khaled TheSyrian
Views: 2558 Rating: 3.67

We looked to Golan that day, maybe we couldn't reach to him but...he was as always...in our hearts ..

A trip in the Golan High

2:26 min by Gil Cohen
Views: 1744 Rating: 0.00

קליפ שערכתי המתעד טיול ברמת הגולן. ברקע - השיר "ילד תם" של ירמי קפלן - כל הזכויות על השיר שמורות לו ולחברת NMC. ..


Banias Falls

0:32 min by Ury Fred Schneider
Views: 398 Rating: 5.00

Waterfalls Banias ..

ROGER EL RASSI - Live from Beirut Souks (ببيروت) - Percussion Performance & Interview

14:33 min by Michel El Rassi
Views: 358 Rating: 5.00

Roger has had a passion for percussion since the early age of 4 and began his formal education at the age of 11 in the National Conservatory of Lebanon. His early days of percussion were steeped in a ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Valley of Tears

The Valley of Tears is the name given to an area in the Golan Heights after it became the site of a major battle in the Yom Kippur War. On 6 October 1973 the Syrian 7th Infantry Division attacked the Israeli 7th Armored Brigade in the area between Mount Hermonit and a southern ridge known as "Booster" in Israel, or Tel el Mekhafi in Arabic. The Syrians started the offensive with an artillery barrage, but failed to move tanks across the anti-tank ditch.

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Located at 33.18 35.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Battles of the Yom Kippur War, Tank battles

Quneitra

Quneitra is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria. It is situated in a high valley in the Golan Heights at an elevation of 1,010 metres (3,313 feet) above sea level. Quneitra was founded in the Ottoman era as a way station on the caravan route to Damascus and subsequently became a garrison town of some 20,000 people, strategically located near the ceasefire line with Israel. Its name is Arabic for "the little bridge".

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Located at 33.13 35.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Arab–Israeli conflict, Cities in Syria, Destroyed cities, Fertile Crescent, Former populated places on the Golan Heights, Golan Heights

Quneitra Crossing

The Quneitra Crossing is a ceasefire line crossing between Syrian controlled territory and the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights. Syrian Druze from the Golan Heights are permitted to cross through the passage to study, work and live in Syria. The crossing is also used for the export of apples grown by Israeli Druze farmers under the auspices of the Red Cross. The only concrete guard post along the border is at the Quneitra crossing.

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Located at 33.11 35.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Golan Heights, Israel–Syria border crossings

Pelter Winery

Pelter Winery is an Israeli winery established in 2005 by Tal Pelter. Headquartered in Tzofit, the winery itself is located in Ein Zivan, an Israeli settlement and Kibbutz in the Golan Heights.

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Located at 33.10 35.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Companies established in 2005, Wineries in the Golan Heights, Wineries of Israel

Venus of Berekhat Ram

The Venus of Berekhat Ram is a pebble found at Berekhat Ram on the Golan Heights in the summer of 1981 by archaeologist N. Goren-Inbar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. An article by Goren-Inbar and S. Peltz (1995) claims it has been modified to represent a female human figure, identifying it as a possible artefact made by Homo erectus of the later Acheulean, in the early Middle Paleolithic.

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Located at 33.23 35.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Archaeological artifacts, Paleolithic, Venus figurines