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Suwayda

Also known as As-Suwayda, Sweida

Suwayda is a city in southern Syria, capital of the Suwayda Governorate in the Jabal al-Druze, whose population is mainly Druze. It was the capital of the autonomous Jabal Druze State under the French Mandate and a centre of the Great Syrian Revolt led by Sultan al-Atrash in 1925. The surrounding region has many Roman and Byzantine remains.

Suwayda
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Jabal Druze State

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Suwayda. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/suwayda
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