Zara'a ( ar, الزارة also spelled Zara or Zarah) is a
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
n village located in the
Hirbnafsah Subdistrict
Hirbnafsah Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية حربنفسه) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Hama District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hirbnafsah Subdistrict had a population of 54592 in the ...
in
Hama District
Hama District ( ar, منطقة حماة ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the time of the 2004 Census, it had a population of 644,445. Its administrative centre is the city of Hama.
Sub-districts ...
. It is situated along the banks of the
Orontes River
The Orontes (; from Ancient Greek , ) or Asi ( ar, العاصي, , ; tr, Asi) is a river with a length of in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
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. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Zara'a had a population of 929 in the 2004 census. The village is mainly inhabited by Alawites.
Al-Nusra Front
Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra ( ar, جبهة النصرة لأهل الشام, Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-Ahl ish-Sham lit. ''Front of the Supporters of the People of Syria/the Levant''), known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ( ar, جبهة فتح ال ...
took control of the village on 12 May 2016. There were reports that Alawite families either fled or were killed.
References
Populated places in Hama District
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