Al-Suwayda

Al-Suwayda

As-Suwayda' (Arabic: السويداء‎ / ALA-LC: as-Suwaydā’), also spelt Sweida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan.

It is the capital of Muhafazat as-Suwayda', one of Syria's 14 governorates, bordering Jordan in the South and the governorates of Daraa in the West and Rif Dimashq in the North and East.

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