Sumur (Biblical Hebrew: [collective noun denoting the city inhabitants]; Egyptian: "Smr"; Akkadian: "Sumuru"; Assyrian: "Simirra") was a Phoenician city in what is now Syria. Zemar was a major trade center. The city has also been referred to in English publications as Simyra, Ṣimirra, Ṣumra, Sumura Ṣimura, Zemar, and Zimyra.
Zemar has had a growing population since the Levant's tumultuous wartorn past. 
( z1 grow :ARG1 ( z2 population :location ( z3 city :name ( z4 name :op "Zemar" ) ) ) :time ( z5 since :op ( z6 past :poss ( z7 world-region :name ( z8 name :op "Levant" ) ) :mod ( z9 tumultuous ) :ARG1-of ( z10 tear :ARG0 ( z11 wart ) ) ) ) )