Al-Zaynah ( ar, الزينة, also spelled ''Zeineh'') 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
Masyaf Subdistrict
Masyaf Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز مصياف) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Masyaf Subdistrict had a population of 68184 in the 200 ...
in
Masyaf District, located west of
Hama
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. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Zaynah had a population of 983 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Alawites.
Sometime in the early 20th century, Sulayman al-Wahhish of
Qardaha, the grandfather of
Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad ', , (, 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman and military officer who served as President of Syria from taking power in 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1 ...
and great-grandfather of
Bashar al-Assad
Bashar Hafez al-Assad, ', Levantine pronunciation: ; (, born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th president of Syria, since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the ...
, mediated a dispute between the two main families of Zaynah when the local notable Muhammad Bey Junayd was unable to.
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Populated places in Masyaf District
Alawite communities in Syria
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