Shayta

Abandoned Syrian Village in the Golan Heights

Village in Quneitra, Syria

Shayta سحيتا
Village
33°15′N 35°46′E / 33.250°N 35.767°E / 33.250; 35.767
Country	Syria
Governorate	Quneitra
District	Quneitra District
Subdistrict	Mas'ade
Region	Golan Heights
Destroyed	1971-72
Elevation	1,189 m (3,904 ft)

Shayta, also spelled Suhayta, S'heita or Su'heita, (Arabic: سحيتا) was a Syrian village located in the Golan Heights.^[1] It was one of only six Syrian villages in the Golan Heights still populated following the Six-Day War.^[2] After Israel occupied the area in 1967, Shayta's population census was 176 people, down from 200 in 1960.^[3] In 1967, Shayta was partially destroyed and a military post built in its place.^[2] Israel completely destroyed the village in 1971-72 and its population was forcibly transferred to the neighboring village of Mas'ade.^[2]^[4] Today, its former inhabitants are still campaigning for the return to their village.^[2] Shayta was located near the ceasefire line between Syrian and Israeli forces.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b South Lebanon and Vicinity 1976
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Murphy, Ray; Gannon, Declan (2008). "Changing the Landscape: Israel's Gross Violations of International Law in the Occupied Syrian Golan". Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law. 11. Cambridge University Press: 147.
^ Davis, Uri (1983). "The Golan Heights under Israeli Occupation 1967 - 1981" (PDF). p. 5.
^ ^a ^b Fakhr, Sakr Abu (Summer 2000). "Voices from the Golan". Journal of Palestine Studies. 29 (4). University of California Press: 7.

Quneitra Governorate of Syria

Quneitra District

Quneitra
Bariqa
Beer Ajam
Hader
Khan Arnabah
Kirkis
Jabah
Jubata al-Khashab
Madinat al-Baath
Masharah
Naba al-Sakher
al-Qahtaniyah
al-Qusaybah
al-Rafid
al-Suwaysah
Umm Batinah

Fiq District

Sayda

Israeli settlements in the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Town	Katzrin
Kibbutzim	Afik Ein Zivan Ein Gev El Rom Gadot Geshur Kfar Haruv Ma'agan Merom Golan Metzar Mevo Hama Natur Ortal Snir Tel Katzir
Moshavim	Alonei HaBashan Ani'am Avnei Eitan Bnei Yehuda Eliad Givat Yoav Haspin Kanaf Keshet Kidmat Tzvi Ma'ale Gamla Mishmar HaYarden Neot Golan Neve Ativ Nimrod Nov Odem Ramat Magshimim Ramot Sha'al Yonatan
Community settlements	Had Nes HaOn Kela Alon Trump Heights

Syrian localities in
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Populated	Buq'ata Ein Qiniyye Ghajar Majdal Shams Mas'ade
Depopulated	Al-Ahmadiyah Al-'Al Almin 'Ayn Fit Ain Hamra Ain Ziwan al-Birah al-Butayha Dabburah Dalwa Dayr Aziz Dayr Siras al-Eshshah Fiq Hafar Hatal Jabbin Jawziah Jubata ez-Zeit Kafr Harib Kafr al-Ma Kafr Naffakh Khisfin Khishniyah Khokhah Mumsiyah Qarahta Razzaniyah Saffuriyah Shayta al-Sindiyanah Skufiyah al-Summaqah Umm al-Dananir