Deir ez-Zor Govrenorate (Arabic: مُحافظة دير الزور) is ane o the fowerteen govrenorates o Sirie. It is situatit in eastren Sirie, borderin Iraq. It haes an aurie o 33,060 km² [1] an a population o 1,094,000 (2007 estimate). The caipital is Deir ez-Zor.
The govrenorate is dividit intae 3 destricts (manatiq):
Thir are further dividit intae ? sub-destricts (nawahi).
Deir ez-Zor wis an aa the location o Israel's execution o Operation Orchard on September 6, 2007. Israel bombed a northren Sirie complex near which wis suspectit o hauldin nuclear materials frae North Korea.[2]