Ain al-Shaara (Arabic: عين الشعره) is a Syrian village in the

Qatana District Qatana District ( ar-at, منطقة قطنا, minṭaqat Qaṭana) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. The district is located just to the east of Mount Hermon Mount Hermon ( ar, جبل الشيخ or جبل ح� ...

of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ain al-Shaara had a population of 659 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Part of its inhabitants are

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...

History

In 1838,

Eli Smith Eli Smith (born September 13, 1801, in Northford, Connecticut, to Eli and Polly (Whitney) Smith, and died January 11, 1857, in Beirut, Lebanon) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar. He graduated from Yale College in 1821 and from Andov ...

noted Ain al-Shaara's population as

and

Orthodox Christians Orthodoxy (from Greek: ) is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion. Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churc ...

.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
139
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* Druze communities in Syria Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Syria Populated places in Qatana District {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub