• Al-Shinyah (Arabic: الشنية, also spelled al-Shiniyeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northwest...
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  • Al-Qusayr (Arabic: القصير, romanized: al-Quṣayr, Levantine pronunciation: [elʔʊˈsˤeːɾ], Literary Arabic: [alqʊˈsˤeːr, alqʊˈsˤɑjr]) is a city in western...
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    Bab al-Sebaa, al-Mreijeh, al-Adawiyya, al-Nezha, Akrama and beyond them lay the Karm al-Loz, Karm al-Zaytoun, Wadi al-Dhahab, al-Shamas, Masaken al-Idikhar...
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  • Al-Bayadah (Arabic: البياضة, sometimes spelled Al-Bayada or Bayyada) is a quarter of Homs, the capital of Homs Governorate. In 2004 it had a population...
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    Wadi al-Nasara (Arabic: وادي النصارى / ALA-LC: Wādī an-Naṣārá, which both mean "Valley of Christians") is an area in western Syria that administratively...
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  • north, Qarmas and Maryamin to the northwest, al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah and al-Shinyah to the west, Kabu to the southwest, Sharqliyya to the south and Ghur Gharbiyah...
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    when it was also known as the Sanjak of Homs. Homs Palmyra Al-Mukharram Talkalakh Al-Rastan Al-Qusayr The governorate is divided into seven districts, known...
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  • Governorate, northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Shinyah to the southwest, al-Qabu to the south, Sharqliyya to the southeast, Taldou to the...
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    Qatna (redirect from Al Mashrafah)
    Qatna (modern: Arabic: تل المشرفة, Tell al-Mishrifeh; also Tell Misrife or Tell Mishrifeh) was an ancient city located in Homs Governorate, Syria. Its...
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  • Jusiyah al-Amar (Arabic: جوسية العمار), or simply Jusiyah, is a village in central Syria administratively part of the al-Qusayr District of Homs Governorate...
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  • Nisaf and Baarin to the north, Kafr Kamrah and Mashta al-Helu to the west, Shin, al-Shinyah and al-Qabu to the south, and Taldou and Tell Dahab to the east...
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    Dhabī : al-Majmaʻ al-Thaqāfī. OCLC 4771042475. al-Ziriklī, Khayr al-Dīn (2002) [1927]. al-Aʻlām : qāmūs tarājim li-ashhar al-rijāl wa-al-nisāʼ min al-ʻArab...
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  • Al-Kadir (Arabic: الكدير, also spelled al-Kader) is a village in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located in the Syrian...
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  • Al-Juwaykhat (Arabic: الجويخات) is a village in Syria in the Homs District, Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Juwaykhat...
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    Al-Husn (Arabic: الحصن, also spelled al-Hisn) is a large village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of...
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    nearest localities include Arak to the east, Al-Sukhnah further to the northeast, Tiyas to the west and al-Qaryatayn to the southwest. Palmyra is the administrative...
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  • Uyun al-Wadi (Arabic: عيون الوادي, also spelled Oyoun Alwadi) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. It is located...
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    Al-Hawash (Arabic: الحواش / ALA-LC: al-Ḥwāsh) is a Greek Orthodox Christians town in northwestern Syria, administratively belonging to the Homs Governorate...
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  • Homs. Nearby localities include al-Shinyah to the north, Taldou and Kafr Laha to the northeast, Sharqliyya to the east, al-Mahfurah to the south, Rabah to...
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    868 in 2004. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Niser, Umm al-Amad and al-Mukharram to the east, and Talbiseh, al-Ghantu and Teir Maalah to the west. Outside...
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  • Al-Tayba (Arabic: الطيبة, also spelled Tayyiba or Tayibah) is a village in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located...
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  • Al-Mazraah (Arabic: المزرعة) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics...
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  • al-Bayda (Arabic: البيضة; also spelled Beida; also known as al-Bayda al-Sharqiyah) is a village in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate...
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    Subdistrict Mahin al-Ghunthir Huwwarin Qabu Subdistrict Al-Qabu Autan Fahil al-Qanaqiyah Rabah Sharqliyya al-Shinyah Qaryatayn Subdistrict Al-Qaryatayn Tiyas...
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  • Shinshar (category Populated places in al-Qusayr District)
    administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located between Homs to the north, al-Qusayr to the southwest and Shamsin to the south. According to the Central...
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  • Al-Qanaqiyah (Arabic: القناقية, also spelled el-Kenakiyeh) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According...
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  • localities include al-Mishirfeh to the west, Ayn al-Dananir to the northwest, Izz al-Din to the north, al-Mukharram al-Fawqani to the east and Umm al-Amad to the...
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  • Al-'Aliyat (Arabic: العاليات, also spelled Alyat) is a village in the Homs Governorate in central Syria, located southeast of Homs on the western fringes...
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    Ain al-Barda (Arabic: عين الباردة; ALA-LC: ‘Ayn al-Bārdah, which means "cold spring") is a village in Syria, located 55 kilometres west of Homs and 200...
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  • Sadad and the Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian; according to Istifan al-Duwayhi, some of the monks of that monastery came from Sadad. In 1838, its...
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