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Jabal al-Bilas (Arabic: جبل البلعاس) is a desert height located 500 meters (1,640 ft) above sea level in Syria.

A marker, laid by Roman governor Silanus 75 kilometres (47 mi) northwest of Palmyra, was found there, probably marking the Palmyrene's boundaries with Epiphania.

Occasional old pistachio trees of up to 5 meters in height can still be found there.

Syrian Civil War

On 19 April 2022, in the Al-Fasedah area, a landmine planted by Islamic State militants exploded, targeting a group of Pro-Assad soldiers, killing 3 of them and injuring 3 others.

References

1. ^ Al-Fares 2013, p. 47
2. Seyrig 1959, p. 190
3. "Syrian desert | Six regime soldiers killed and injured in a landmine explosion in Jabal Al-Balaas". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 19 April 2022.

Sources

• Al-Fares, Wafi (2013). Historical Land Use/Land Cover Classification Using Remote Sensing: A Case Study of the Euphrates River Basin in Syria. Springer. ISBN 9783319006246.
• Seyrig, Henri (1959). "Antiquités Syriennes 76: Caractères de l'histoire d'Émèse". Syria (in French). 36 (3–4).

34°55′11″N 37°39′0″E / 34.91972°N 37.65000°E / 34.91972; 37.65000

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