FIPS Challenge #1 - The Unmapped Monument

I apologise for the long delay between posts. I have been working on an investigation that has been taking much longer than expected. However, it has put me face-to-face with a number of new situations and I thought others might benefit from exposure to those same challenges.

My recent OSINT work has taken me (digitally) to As-Suwayda Province in Syria. In trying to geolocate a series of videos depicting potential war crimes, I turned to an un-conventional source: drone footage.

Syria, like many places in the world has very poor Google Maps coverage. Not only is streetview virtually non-existent but there are very few annotated locations, especially in the countryside, and I don't have much confidence about the ones there are. It's not uncommon to be looking at a town or village and have only one or two locations pinned, a school, a shop, or maybe a religious building.

To help get a lay of the land between satellite and ground-level footage, I have found that drone footage posted on YouTube or TikTok can help characterise otherwise unmapped villages.

While doing so, I came across this video:

Challenge briefing:

The video above depicts a monument in As-Suwayda Province, Syria. Using the video and any other resources at your disposal, answer the following questions:

Question 1 [EASY]: According to Wikipedia, what is the English name of the monument seen in the video?

✅ Name: Monument to the of the of

Question 2 [HARD]: Give the coordinates of the monument as ///what3words?

✅ Location: /// . . effort

Hint: Use satellite view to select the location of the center of the monument column.

Please note that this video is being used solely for education purposes. All answers can be found using freely available tools and do not require sign-ups. Do not contact or harrass any person or persons connected with the video.