Resafa (Arabic: الرصافة, romanized: Reṣafa), sometimes spelled Rusafa, and known in the Byzantine era as Sergiopolis (Greek: Σεργιούπολις or Σεργιόπολις...

and Russian air support, which resulted in the recapture of the city of Resafa, and the capture of many oil fields in Ar-Raqqah province, including various...

Arabia. The city of Resafa, which became a bishop's see, took the name Sergiopolis and preserved his relics in a fortified basilica. Resafa was improved by...

thus coming close to ISIL-held Resafa. During 18 June, the Syrian Army captured the last two villages on the road to Resafa. Later that day, an F/A-18 Super...

desert near Palmyra Oasis near Al-Sukhnah Camels in the desert near Raqqa Resafa ruins southwest of Raqqa and the Euphrates. Rocks, unidentified location...

the curtailment of military expansion. Hisham established his court at Resafa in northern Syria, which was closer to the Byzantine border than Damascus...

weakening as Suleiman had chosen Ramla as his residence and later Hisham chose Resafa. Following the murder of the latter in 743, the Caliphate of the Umayyads—which...

East: Al-Rusafa, Syria, a village and ruined fortress in northwestern Syria Resafa, an archaeological site in north-central Syria Al-Rusafa, Iraq, a region...

Euphrates valley around the trade center and Arab Christian holy city of Resafa during the late Byzantine era, and later the Homs region of central Syria...

in the interior lands: Apamea, Salamiya, Qinnasrin, al-Castel, Aleppo, Resafa, Raqqa, Rafeqa, al-Jisr, Manbij, Mar'ash, Saruj, Ḥarran, Edessa, Al-Ḥadath...

airport. On 5 December, SDF captured the Thawra oil field, the town of Resafa and strategic locations near Safyan, and Anbaj areas, located in the Raqqa...

Government forces and Coalition backed Syrian Democratic Forces near Al-Resafa, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Following...

was supposed to be a copy of the Basilica of St Sergius at Sergiopolis (Resafa), in the middle Euphrates, so that the Arabs would not have to travel so...

Erzurum: Qays Sadek (2014–), Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch Diocese of Resafa: Youhanna Batash (2017–) Diocese of Apamea: Theodore Ghandour (2017–) Diocese...

northern Syria, today on a site 25 km west of Raqqa and 35 km north of Resafa. In the Roman Empire, Sura was a fortress city in the Roman province of...

Ammon/Philadelphia (modern Amman), Gerasa, Bosra, Damascus, and Tadmor, ending at Resafa on the upper Euphrates. Numerous ancient states, including Edom, Moab, Ammon...

the Great, the ascetic Simeon Stylites, and the shrine of St. Sergius at Resafa patronized by Al-Mundhir III, leader of the Christian Arab Ghassanid tribe...

al‐ʿUrḍī) in the village of ʿUrḍ in the Syrian desert between Palmyra and Resafa, he moved to Damascus at some point before 1239, where he worked as an engineer...

ar-Rashid's heir al-Ma'mun later appointed him the qadi of a military camp at Resafa. Al-Waqidi concentrated on history, and was acknowledged as a master of...

to the Tiger Forces said that the SAA had occupied all areas west of the Resafa oil field. Al-Masdar News reported that the June 13 advances marked the...

the town's ruined palaces (which parallels that of al-Mundhir III outside Resafa) and churches. Under the Islamic caliphates of the Rashidun, Umayyads, Abbasids...

road between Damascus, Palmyra and the temporary seat of the caliphate Resafa, al-Ruha'. In 770-1 (155 AH), the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur made the decision...

networks connecting the villages between Emesa (Homs), Chalcis (Qinnasrin) and Resafa. Several Byzantine-era ruins attest to its regional importance, though the...

preserves a letter sent by Khosrau II to the shrine of Saint Sergius in Resafa. One dated to 592/593 includes the following passage: "At the time when...

legends about the etymology of the name Rozafa, scholars have linked it with Resafa, the place where Saint Sergius died. Shkodra and the surrounding area have...

Governorate, eventually reaching the Ithriya-Tabqa road and capturing the town of Resafa. Tomson, Chris (9 May 2017). "Syrian Army restarts east Aleppo offensive...

of a monastery bearing his name, Dayr Dawud, in northern Syria, between Resafa and Ithriya. Prior to becoming the Salihid king and phylarch, Dawud was...

des Chartes. Leson, Richard A. (2015). "A Constellation of Crusade: The Resafa Heraldry Cup and the Aspirations of Raoul I, Lord of Coucy". In Lapina,...

While on a journey to trade wares at Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik's court in Resafa, he encountered and became pupil to the elderly scholar Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri...

others were injured after their vehicle drove over an ISIS landmine south of Resafa, south of Raqqa. On 27 February, three ISIS members were killed after their...