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Deir Khabiyah
Deir Khabiyah (Arabic: دير خبية) is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Rif Dimashq. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Khabiyah had a population of 4,350 in the 2004 census.

History

The tell in Deir Khabiyah dates back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age from the beginning of the 2nd to the 1st millennium BC.

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Deir Khabiyah's population being Sunni Muslims.

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)

On 16 May 2022, two fighters of the Pro-Assad Ba'ath militia were killed in a double IED explosion in the village.

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. ^ Eugen Wirth (1971). "Syrien, eine geographische Landeskunde" (in German). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: 402. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 149
  4. ^ "Two explosions | Two regime-backed Al-Baath Battalion militiamen killed in Rif Dimashq". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 16 May 2022.

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