Al-Bahariyah ( ar, البحارية) is a village in eastern
Ghouta
Ghouta ( ar, غُوطَةُ دِمَشْقَ / ALA-LC: ''Ḡūṭat Dimašq'') is a countryside and suburban area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim.
Name
Ghouta is the Arabic term (''g ...
, east of
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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city center. The village is administratively a part of the
Douma District
Douma District ( ar-at, منطقة دوما, manṭiqat Dūmā) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.
The second largest district of Syria following Tadmur, it stretches from the northeastern outskirts of Metropolitan ...
in the
Rif Dimashq Governorate
Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the ...
.
Damascus International Airport is located south of Al-Bahariyah.
The village was largely destroyed in August 2013 and was the site of an alleged
chemical weapons attack during the
Syrian Civil War.
References
Populated places in Douma District
Cities in Syria
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