Shaykh Miskin

Syria
Shaykh Miskin, Syria
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This town in the Hauran plain of southern Syria's Daraa Governorate, Shaykh Miskin sits at a road junction connecting Damascus, As-Suwayda, and Quneitra to the south of the country, with the old international highway passing through it. The town is also linked to the Caesar Act — the US sanctions legislation named after a local man who smuggled tens of thousands of photographs documenting deaths under torture in Syrian government prisons to international courts.

  • Population25,920
  • Nearest water from center1.6 km
  • Nearest mountain from center1.6 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km2

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