Talk:Deir ez-Zor

Name Transcription
I suggest changing the title to Deir ez-Zor since that seems to be the most common transcription of the town. A google search turns up 138,000 hits for "Deir ez-Zor" as opposed to 42,100 for "Dayr az-Zawr." The former is used on numerous travel sites, the Cham Palace site, and the Syrian Embassy. It also reflects the Syrian pronunciation of the name better. In the end it doesn't really matter, as long as both redirect to the same site, but Deir ez-Zor seems to be the most popular transcription, and thus I think it is what we should go with.--Optimussven 21:06, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined to agree, I've hardly ever seen the current version. Palmiro | Talk 21:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

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Haxxor23 14:52, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Armenia?
I've removed the Armenia banner from this talk page, as I really can't see how it relates to a town in Syria. However, if I've missed something, please let me know. TN X Man 02:19, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I went back through the article and just saw the sentences about the Armenian genocide connection. I've replaced the banner. Apologies. TN X Man  02:21, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Islamic extremists control this city
I think that some further acknowledgment should be made of the al-Qaeda groups running this country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.71.172.4 (talk) 16:17, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Demographics
This article would benefit from demographic information, in light of the civil war. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.252.4.21 (talk) 08:05, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

ISIS Attack 2016-01-15
An attack by ISIS on eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor left at least 85 civilians and 50 government troops dead http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/17/dozens-killed-by-islamic-state-in-massacre-in-syrian-city-of-deir-ezzor
 * --jwalling (talk) 04:48, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Syrian Army Battles with **an Islamic state** in Deir ez Zor 18+
youtube.com/watch?v=9u8ilHrmYqo 15 min 2016

there are rumors that a million US citizens have to go there (you perfectly understood the joke).

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There seems to be an error in the population number. The city is supposed to be the 5th largest in population but the population is listed as larger than any other city in Syria. It is also listed as larger than the population of the governate that contains it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9000:6E02:F8A3:2DC4:E7C8:C0D2:27E6 (talk) 01:42, 31 October 2021 (UTC)