Jabal al-Bilas
{{Short description|Mountain in Syria}}
Jabal al-Bilas ({{langx|ar|جبل البلعاس}}) is a desert height located 500 meters (1,640 ft) above sea level in Syria.{{harvnb|Al-Fares|2013|p=47}}
A marker, laid by Roman governor Silanus 75 kilometres (47 mi) northwest of Palmyra, was found there, probably marking the Palmyrene's boundaries with Epiphania.{{harvnb|Seyrig|1959|p=190}}
Occasional old pistachio trees of up to 5 meters in height can still be found there.
Syrian Civil War
{{see also|Syrian civil war}}
On 19 April 2022, in the Al-Fasedah area, a landmine planted by Islamic State militants exploded, targeting a group of Pro-Assad soldiers, killing 3 of them and injuring 3 others.{{cite web|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/247899/|title=Syrian desert {{!}} Six regime soldiers killed and injured in a landmine explosion in Jabal Al-Balaas|work=Syrian Observatory for Human Rights|date=19 April 2022}}
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- {{Cite book|last=Al-Fares|first=Wafi|title=Historical Land Use/Land Cover Classification Using Remote Sensing: A Case Study of the Euphrates River Basin in Syria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2iGzGgPxzPQC|year=2013|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319006246}}
- {{Cite journal|last=Seyrig|first=Henri|author-link=Henri Seyrig|date=1959|title=Antiquités Syriennes 76: Caractères de l'histoire d'Émèse|journal=Syria|volume=36|issue=3–4|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/syria_0039-7946_1959_num_36_3_5394|lang=fr}} {{free access}}
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