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Yarmouk River The Yarmuk River ( ar, نهر اليرموك, translit=Nahr al-Yarmūk, ; Greek: Ἱερομύκης, ; la, Hieromyces or ''Heromicas''; sometimes spelled Yarmouk), is the largest tributary of the Jordan River. It runs in Jordan, Syria and Israel ...

(or Yarmuk River) is the largest tributary of the Jordan River. Yarmouk or Yarmuk may also refer to:

History

Battle of Yarmouk The Battle of the Yarmuk (also spelled Yarmouk) was a major battle between the army of the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate. The battle consisted of a series of engagements that lasted for six days in August 636, ...

, a major battle between Arab Muslim forces and the armies of the Eastern Roman-Byzantine Empire in 636 * Yarmukian culture, a Neolithic archaeological culture of the ancient Levant *

Yarmouk munitions factory explosion On Tuesday, 23 October 2012 at midnight local time (21:00 GMT) there was an explosion at the Yarmouk munitions factory, south of Khartoum, Sudan. The factory had been built in 1996. According to Khartoum state governor Abdel Rahman Al-Khidir, the ...

, an alleged Israeli air strike against a munitions factory in Sudan in October 2012

Sport

Al-Yarmouk SC (Syria) Al-Yarmouk Sports Club () () is a Syrian sports club based in Aleppo, best known for their football. Founded in 1925, Al-Yarmouk is the 2nd oldest sports organization in Syria. The club have won the Syrian regions football championship for se ...

, a Syrian professional sports-football club founded in 1925 * Al-Yarmouk FC (Jordan), a Jordanian football club founded in 1959 *

Al-Yarmouk SC (Kuwait) Al-Yarmouk is a Kuwaiti professional sports club located in the district of Mishref. It was established on 28 February 1965 in Failaka Island and was the only Kuwaiti club to have been established outside mainland Kuwait at that time. The club w ...

, a Kuwaiti professional sports-football club founded in 1965 *

Al Yarmuk Al Rawda Al Yarmuk Al Rawda ( ar, اليرموك) is a Yemeni professional football club based in San‘a’. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the Yemeni League. Achievements *Yemeni League: 3 ::1989, 1990, 2013 *Yemeni Super Cup: 0 ::Runners-up: 2 ...

, a Yemeni football club founded in 1978 *

Al-Yarmouk (Libya) Al-Yarmouk is a Libyan football club based in Janzour, near Tripoli. The club was runner-up of the 1997 Libyan Cup. The team previously played in the Libyan Premier League and played in the Libyan Second Division The Libyan Second Division i ...

, a Libyan football club

Education

Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital is one of the Iraqi hospitals. Located in Baghdad, Al-Karkh, Al-Yarmouk city, besides Al-Mustansiriya medical college (and is considered the teaching hospital for its students). The hospital was established in 1964 a ...

, a hospital and part of a medical college, founded in 1964 in Baghdad, Iraq *

Yarmouk University Yarmouk University ( ar, جامعة اليرموك), also abbreviated YU, is a comprehensive public and state supported university located near the city centre of Irbid in northern Jordan. Since its establishment in 1976, Yarmouk University (YU) ...

, a state university founded in 1976 in Irbid, Jordan *

Al Yarmouk University College Al Yarmouk University College is a private Iraqi university established in 1996 in Diyala and the Medical Departments lie in Baghdad, Iraq. Faculties * Dentistry * Pharmacy * Computer Engineering Techniques * Computer Science * Pathological ...

, a private Iraqi university founded in 1996 in Diyala, Iraq

Places

Yarmouk Camp Yarmouk ( ar, مُخَيَّم ٱلْيَرْمُوْك / ALA-LC: ', ) is a district of the city of Damascus, populated by Palestinians, with hospitals and schools. It is located from the center of Damascus and within municipal boundaries (but n ...

, a district in Damascus, Syria, populated by Palestinian refugees *

Yarmouk, Baghdad Yarmouk (Arabic, اليرموك) is an upmarket neighborhood (67th) located within Mansour district in Baghdad, Iraq, and adjacent to Baghdad Airport Road. It was once home to numbers of high-ranking officials from Abd-Alkareem qasim times. Yarmouk ...

, an upscale neighborhood in Iraq * Yarmouk, Kuwait, a suburb of the capital of Kuwait * Yarmouk, al-Hasakah Governorate, a town in the

al-Hasakah Governorate Al-Hasakah Governorate ( ar, محافظة الحسكة, Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḥasakah, ku, Parêzgeha Hesekê}, syc, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܚܣܟܗ, Huparkiyo d'Ḥasake, also known as syc, ܓܙܪܬܐ, Gozarto) is one of the fourteen governorates (prov ...

of Syria * Yarmouk, Israel, a ruin believed to be the biblical

Jarmuth Jarmuth, Hebrew: Yarmut (יַרְמוּת), was the name of two cities in the land of Canaan.Lemche (2010), p160 The Douai-Rheims version of the Bible has an alternative spelling, Jaramoth. Jarmuth near Beit Shemesh Jarmuth was an Amorite cit ...

Other

Yarmuk Jamaat The United Vilayat of Kabarda-Balkaria-Karachai (UVKBK, russian: Объединенный вилайят Кабарды, Балкарии и Карачая), also known as Vilayat KBK, was a militant Islamist Jihadist organization connected to ...

, an Islamic extremist organization connected to numerous terrorist attacks, according to the Russian Federal Security Service {{disambig