Great River City, which was and still cuddling, home to the river after the fatigue of travel to rest and then come back arduous career that stretches from the Golan Armenia in Turkey to the Arabian Gulf in Iraq after Coalescence with the Tigris River.
Located Deir Ezzor in the east side of the Syrian Arab Republic, a city with fertile soil and by virtue of the abundance of water and the vast lands they depend on agricultural and animal wealth primarily and bolt that industry all dairy products from (obesity Arab, cheese, milk ... etc).
As for the people he is friendly and loves friendship, and those who live in Deir al-Zour feels he has become of the people of this city a few days after his visit can not wait until visiting again.
Named this label relative to the (Abbey) any temple monks thumbnail image of the church and the second part of the name (false), says the novels that Bedouin tribes Arab Muslim opened this region, which is located the monastery and escaped monks and taken Bedouin Muslims by force any bear false and called Deir ez-Zor.
And a novel other says that the monastery is located on the banks of the Euphrates and the banks of the Euphrates generally called a visitor and called Deir al-Zour.
The third novel says that all monasteries are located on hilltops in general i la this monastery has Azur or deviated built for inside hill and housing over a hill and these dwellings called Deir old, and came to designate Deir Ezzor of this monastery counterfeiter and already has Governor Deir ez-Zor in 1963 bridging this region and settled dirt and when working settlement discovered the monastery and was inside the hill etched in it.
But assured everyone the first novel.
Natural that young Deir Ezzor having swimming and by virtue of their city on the Euphrates River.
But the youth of this region are driven to their bridge great even in this kind of sport, they compete to throw themselves into the arms of the river after Imittoa horseback bridge and be boast and pride for those who cast himself from the highest elevation may sometimes up to 45 meters, and such games improvisational be on a daily basis in the summer but the public understanding of youth governance Almhuseyn practice this kind of sport.
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Syria