Qarqar or Karkar (Arabic: قرقور) is the name of an ancient town in northwestern Syria, known from Neo-Assyrian sources.

The leaders of this ad hoc alliance were Hadadezer (Ben Hadad) of Damascus, Gindibu the Arab and King Ahab of Israel.

However, a coalition of Phoenicians and Syrians with Israel and the Kedarite Arabs was waiting for Shalmaneser when he advanced south, leading to a second battle at Qarqar itself.

The ancient town of Qarqar has generally been associated with the archaeological site of Tell Qarqur, located in the Orontes River Valley of western Syria, on the west bank of the Orontes River, one kilometer west of the modern village of Qarqur on the east bank.

[3] Reports emerged that the destruction, which can be viewed through satellite imagery, was done under the supervision of unidentified civilians who were not Syrian nor members of the Turkistan Islamic Party militants.