Al Qaryatayn, Suriye Güncel Saati — GMT+3.

Al-Qaryatayn, also spelled Karyatayn, Qaratin or Cariatein, is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate located southeast of Homs. It is situated on an oasis in the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Tadmur (Palmyra) to the northeast, Furqlus to the north, al-Riqama and Dardaghan to the northwest, Mahin, Huwwarin and Sadad to the west, Qarah, Deir Atiyah and al-Nabk to the southwest and Jayrud to the south. Al-Qaryatayn translates as "the two villages".

Distance-wise, Al Qaryatayn is closest to Dubai (~2,005 km), London (~3,544 km), Singapore (~7,785 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 14,047 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Al Qaryatayn sits inside Suriye — the Western Asia subregion, capital Damascus, languages Arabic, currency SYP (£).

Around Al Qaryatayn, the nearest mapped reference cities are Qārah (47 km), An Nabk (52 km), Yabrūd (61 km), Jayrūd (66 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for GMT+3 planning.

Closest curated airport references from Al Qaryatayn: DAM Damascus (113 km), ALP Aleppo (217 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.