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Deir Sharqi
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Deir Sharqi
Deir Sharqi is a village in Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The village contains the tomb of the Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, in addition to a Byzantine-era church dated to 361 AD.
Site Information
Country: Syria
District: Idlib Governorate
Site History: 4th Century AD
Oldest Culture: Byzantine
Later Cultures: Islamic
Site Features: Byzantine & Islamic Monuments
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