Travel Guide Dera - Daraa

Hasakah is the capital of Mohafazat (administrative region) and owes its relative prosperity to its position as a border crossing with Jordan located 2 km. During the creation of the new Frontière border crossing, approximately kilometres east of the city, the inhabitants protested to maintain their entrance door to Jordan. This represents one of the major economic activities for the municipality. In addition, the Frontière border crossing, also open 24 hours/24, allows to directly join the Jerash site in Jordan, very convenient for those who wish to visit it before reaching Amman.The ancient Atara'a, cited in the th century BC by the pharaoh Tuthmosis III, and largely rebuilt in the early centuries of our era, was an important city in Rome. Today, Hasakah is a city of passage that does not need to stop there. It serves as a starting point for a trip to Overnight or Ezra, or step before the border crossing Jordan.It was in Hasakah that Lawrence of Arabia was made prisoner by the Turkish garrison during a fact-finding mission in 1918. The violence that he is suffering before he can escape him will write to him, in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom: " In Hasakah, the citadel of my personal integrity had irrémédiablement crumbled. '»»»»With hotels of good quality, the city turns out to be the best base camp, to prefer in Overnight very tourist and without hotel structures. With its traditional atmosphere, Hasakah will satisfy visitors who want to immerse themselves in local life.