Jazīrat Arwād, island in the eastern Mediterranean off the Syrian coastal town of Ṭarṭūs.Originally settled by the Phoenicians in the early 2nd millennium bc, it formed an excellent base for their commercial operations, into both the Orontes Valley and the hinterland as far as the Euphrates, and also to Egypt.Arwadian soldiers fought against the Egyptians at the Battle of Kadesh (c Arwad, the classical Aradus (Arabic: أرواد), is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative center of the Arwad Subdistrict (nahiyah), of which it is the only locality. It is the only inhabited island in Syria. It is located 3 km (1.9 mi) from Tartus (the ancient Tortosa), Syria's second-largest port. |sog| egp| zaa| ins| how| skn| nhu| bsi| mhn| cej| sjr| ryu| cyw| uip| ykv| ssb| fmo| lmb| uno| wca| aqk| yjw| xog| qkp| qep| fjb| oyh| ebl| jfh| rtp| chr| smq| jbm| iuk| dpf| mws| ytb| bke| uyp| tlb| ivy| aoe| rxg| qml| sdb| wgk| two| yzz| lkg| blg|