View of a village on the slopes of mountainous hill, al-Furat al-Aʿla (Upper Euphrates Valley)
North-East Syria: Weaving in a tent
Traditional houses near as-Sajur river
View of as-Sajur river
View of the Euphrates river with very shallow banks
Al-Asad artificial lake, view to the Tabqa dam
View from airplane to the upper reaches of the Sajur (mainly on Turkish territory, border strip of Syria visible at upper right)
North-East Syria, the Upper Euphrates
North-East Syria, the Upper Euphrates
Al-Khabur region, a potter in the workshop, probably in al-Busayri
The village of al-Qirata on the northern slope of the Sajur valley, old lime-washed houses visible.
Euphrates plain near the mouth of the Sajur, limestone massif on the south side ((before the flooding of lake Tishrin)
Near Tall Tamir, In a tannur deepened in the ground the flat breads are baked
Near Tall Tamir, an Assyrian village, courtyard of a house with two later flattened domes of the original building
Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Today empty domed houses in an Assyrian village seen from the street side
Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Baking flat breads on the tannur wall (tannur deepened in the ground)
Shore zone of the Euphrates with tree vegetation of Lake Assad
Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Entrance corridor in front of the collapsed cupola house
View to the village al-Awshariyya on the northern shore of the Sajur near the junction with the Euphrates river
Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The domes of the houses built in the 1930s were often flattened later.
Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The flattened dome roofs have just received new plastering.
Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Woman builds a silo for her supplies during the winter
Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Very well preserved domed rooms of a farmstead in an Assyrian village
Manmade caves in the Euphrates valley near embouchure of Sajur-river close to al-Awshariyya
Traditional houses in a village, near the Sajur river
An artificial canal, al-Furat al-Aʿla (the Upper Euphrates Valley)
Grazing sheep on the Euphrates
In a small village on the Khabur: foreign visitors are welcomed
The water of Khabur is near Raʾs al-ʿAyn strongly sulphurous
At the upper reach of the Khabur near Raʾs al-ʿAyn
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