The Limestone Massif or Belus Massif is a name applied to the highlands on the weastern part of the Aleppo plateau

Aleppo plateau

Aleppo plateau is a low, gently undulating plateau of northern Syria. It lies at the northern end of the junction between the Arabian Plate and the African Plate at the Dead Sea Rift. The plateau lies mostly in the Aleppo Governorate and Idlib Governorate...

 in northwestern Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

. The Massif is famed for having the Dead Cities

Dead Cities

-History:The Dead Cities are a group of 700 abandoned settlements in northwest Syria between Aleppo and Hama. They date back to before the fifth century CE and contain many remains of Christian Byzantine architecture...

 of Syria.

The Massif includes three groups of higlands; the first is the northern group of Mount Simeon and Mount Kurd. The second middle group is the group of Harim Mountains

Harim Mountains

Ḥārim Mountains are highlands in the north of Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The mountains are located in the Ḥārim and Jisr Shuġūr districts of Idlib Governorate.-Location and description:...

. The third southern group is the group of Zawiya Mountain

Zawiya Mountain

Mount Zāwiya or Mount Rīḥā is a highland region in Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria.-Location and description:...

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