The ruins of he Phoenician megalithic wall in Arwad, Syria

Arwad ( Arvad, Arpad, Arphad, and Antiochia in Pieria) also called Ruad Island – located in the Mediterranean Sea, is the only inhabited island in Syria. The town of Arwad covers the entire island. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Tartus (ancient Tortosa), Syria's second largest port.
The name Arvad is noted in the Bible as the progenitor of the Arvadites, a Canaanite people.

The island was settled in the early 2nd millennium BC by the Phoenicians. Under Phoenician control, it became an independent kingdom called Arvad Aradus or Jazirat (the latter term meaning "island").

Wall formerly surrounded the whole island,The biggest stones are 3 by 5 meters.