Tell Shams

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Tell Shams (Arabic: تل شمس) is a tell located in northwestern Nasseria district of Kiryat Shams, sitting atop a larger set of house-covered hills overlooking the downtown area below. Tell Shams itself is a restricted area, hosting both Shams Palace (primary living quarters and workplace of the President of the Arab Union) as well as Ibrahimia Armoury, headquarters of the Republican Guard; the armoury itself is part of the fortified wall network which surrounds the grounds of Shams Palace, the Republican Guard being the only unit of the Arab Army and Union Defence Forces allowed on the palace grounds.