Al-Nizariyah

Village in Homs Governorate, Syria
al-Nizariyya
النزارية
Village
34°25′55″N 36°32′37″E / 34.43194°N 36.54361°E / 34.43194; 36.54361
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms Governorate
Districtal-Qusayr District
NahiyahAl-Qusayr
Population
 (2004)
 • Total3,813
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Al-Nizariyya Arabic: النزارية, romanized: al-Nīzārīyya) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. It is situated off the Orontes River and at the northeastern border of Lebanon. Nearby localities include Zita al-Gharbiyah to the northwest, Rableh and al-Qusayr to the north and Hisyah further to the east. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nazariya had a population of 3,813 in the 2004 census.[1]

On 19 October 2011, during the ongoing Syrian uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad, opposition activists claimed two people were killed by security forces in Nazariya.[2] On 26 March 2012, human rights group Avaaz stated one of its activists, Jassim Khaled Diab, was detained by Syrian authorities.[3]

References

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Syrians Rally for Assad, Libya Recognizes Opposition Archived 2011-11-27 at the Wayback Machine. The Egyptian Gazette. Original by Reuters. 2011-11-19.
  3. ^ Miller, James. Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Will the US Aid the Opposition?. EA World View. 2012-03-26.
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Homs
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Ayn al-Niser
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Sadad
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Homs Governorate within Syria
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