"Until, when they came upon the Valley of the Ants," Qatada said: It is a valley in the Levant (al-Sham).
﴿حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَى وَادِي النَّمْل﴾ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ: هُوَ وَادٍ بِالشَّام.