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Hasakeh is one of the biggest Syrian Muhafazet in area. It is the most important source of wheat and oil. It is difficult for researchers to know the oldest history of this Muhafazet because the excavations have not finished yet and it is believed that the Khabour valley was within Sourbatu kingdom which extended from Ailaam city to Toros mountains in the third millennium B.C.

Monasteries and temples were erected inhasakeh1.jpg (181225 bytes) the seventh century A.D. During the Abbassite era, Ras Al-Ain became an important center for the trade convoys between Baghdad and Raqqa. Khadour is the main river in the Muhafazet it springs from Turkey and Syria. The place includes a number of sites which are worthy to become tourist destinations due to the numerous mineral springs and historical hills such as Tal Al-Khweira which is located between Khabour and Bliekh rivers in the midway between Ras Al-Ain and Tal Abyadh near the northern Syrian border. An Assyrian city was discovered with its history going back to the third millennium B.C. A huge double wall was discovered since the beginning of excavation works in the form of a circle. In the eastern part of the wall, lies a huge temple and a number of buildings. Along Street appears near the remains of a huge temple with a long plate going back to the Arcadian era in the third millennium B.C.

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Is located near Ras- Al-Ain where an Aramean city was prosperous in the middle of the second millennium B.C. as well as a huge Aramean temple built by king Kabara Bin Kharyano. A collection of ruins belonging to this site can be seen in Aleppo museum including statues of the Goddess Ashtar riding on a lion as well as god Hadad also riding a lion. There are also paintings of old myths.

Tal Aryan ( Ajaja):

Remains of an Assyrian palace were found. It is the only hill whose original name was known in AL-Kabour area which contains a number of historical hills that are being dug for further historical discoveries.

 

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