Masudiyah

Mas'udiyah
مسعودية
Mas'udiyah is located in Syria
Mas'udiyah
Mas'udiyah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°51′35″N 37°18′18″E / 34.85972°N 37.30500°E / 34.85972; 37.30500
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictAl-Mukharram
SubdistrictJubb al-Jarrah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
1,755
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Mas'udiyah (Arabic: مسعودية) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northeast of Homs. Nearby localities include subdistrict center Jubb al-Jarrah to the south and Barri Sharqi to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Mas'udiyah had a population of 1,755 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

On 23 December 2016, ISIL launched an attack on the village, resulting in the deaths of 13 local militia members.

References

  1. 1 2 "General Census of Population and Housing 2004". CBS. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "Al-Qaeda-linked rebels claim Syrian sectarian killings". Times of Israel. Associated Press. 2013-09-16.
  3. ↑ "هجوم عنيف للتنظيم على مسقط رأس بثينة شعبان يخلف 13 قتيلا للنظام". www.zamanalwsl.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-01-20.