As-Sawiya (Arabic: الساويه) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers...

West Bank organized as a community settlement, located on Highway 60, north of Ramallah, between the Palestinian villages of As-Sawiya and Qaryut, part of...

made no attempt to stop him. Israeli settlers arrived at the town of As-Sawiya, close to the Israeli settlement of Eli, and began to throw stones at...

north of Jerusalem. It covers the area around the city of Nablus which serves as the muhfaza (seat) of the governorate. The governor of the district is Mahmoud...

131. Israeli settlers tried to set a car on fire on the outskirts of as-Sawiya, south of Nablus. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 107 Palestinians...

of 14,000 akçe. In 1838, Robinson described Huwara as a "large and old village". It was also noted as a Muslim village, in Jurat Merda, south of Nablus...

approximately 567 dunums of which 296 are arable land and 32 dunums are registered as residential. One account suggests that the name of the village originates...

city of Nablus in the West Bank. It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of Israel and the Palestinian National...

1980s and 1990s, Balata residents played a leading role in the uprising known as the First Intifada. In November 2007, Palestinian National Authority police...

‘Murder suspects’ yeshiva seen as a radical bastion in a more moderate settlement,’ The Times of Israel 8 January 2019 As Sawiya Village Profile, ARIJ, pp...

Hebron. Israeli settlers tried to set a car on fire on the outskirts of as-Sawiya, south of Nablus. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 107 Palestinians...

Sultanate. Under the Ottoman Turks, who conquered the city in 1517, Nablus served as the administrative and commercial centre for the surrounding area corresponding...

Rantis, Askar (camp), Beit Wazan, Deir Istiya, Jalud, Biddya, Majdal Yaba, As-Sawiya Kafr Rai, Zeita, Tulkarm, Iktaba, Dhinnaba, Zemer, Qaqun Al-Funduq, Jinsafut...

disappearance through destruction or conversion. In the Crusader era, it was known as Bethflori, and in 1241 CE there was fought a battle here, according to Ibn...

places in the West Bank. In the 9th century BCE, it was known as Samaria, and served as the capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel until it was...

After the 1995 accords, 23% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 77% as Area C. 236 dunams Deir Sharaf’s land has been confiscated...

significant distance between the electrical transformer and the village, as well as the inadequate supply of electrical power. Al Aqrabaniya is provided with...

Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad and Crusader/Ayyubid period, as well as rock-hewn cisterns have been found in Aqraba. In 1874 surveyors found...

is bordered by Aqraba and Jurish to the east, Talfit and As Sawiya to the south, As Sawiya and Yatma to the west, and Beita and Osarin to the north....

171 inhabitants in 2017. The adjacent valley, Wadi al-Badhan (also known as Wadi Sajour), is a picturesque natural area located 5 km northeast of Nablus...

empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it was noted as Madama, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Nablus Sanjak. The population...

or (Hebrew: כביש שישים, Kvish Shishim; Arabic: الطريق السريع ستين at-Tariq as-Sarie Sitiin) is a south–north intercity road in Israel and the Palestinian...

synagogue in the 4th century CE. The Jerusalem Talmud mentions the village as "Turluzeh" where the Romans burnt the sacred Hebrew scrolls. In 1941, a Greek...

bordered by Duma and Jalud to the east, Qusra and Talfit to the north, As Sawiya to the west, and Turmus'ayya to the south. Qaryut is an ancient village...

and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers under the name of 'Asirah, as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Sanjak Nablus. It had a population...

Sabastiya to the south. Ceramics from the late Roman era have been found here, as has ceramics from the Byzantine era, and Early Muslim era. Burqa was incorporated...

the Kumi Ori outpost in the northern West Bank. Two Palestinians from As-Sawiya, a father and his son, were attacked by a group of settlers from the settlement...

Robinson noted the village as en-Nakurah in the Wady esh-Sha'ir district, west of Nablus. In 1870, Victor Guérin noted it as a village on a hill, with...

village appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of ‘’Usarin’’, and as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population...

CE) named "Gemmail", has been identified with Jamma'in. It was referred to as "Jamma'il" in medieval Arabic sources. The village was home to the Bani Qudama...