Al-Harmushiyah


Al-Harmushiyah is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. The town is located, on the Euphrates northwest of the city of Deir ez-Zor. It is across the Euphrates from the town of Al-Tabni.
In 1961 Soviet geologists discovered very pure salt deposits near the town.
During the Syrian Civil War, the town was occupied by ISIL until the SDF captured it on 4 October 2017.

Climate

Al-Harmushiyah has a desert climate. What little rain falls, falls during the winter, about annually. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BWh. The average annual temperature in Al-Harmushiyah is.