'Ayn al-Tineh al-Sharqiyah ( ar, عين التينة الشرقية; also known simply as Ayn al-Tineh) is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the

Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographic ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Ayn al-Tineh al-Sharqiyah had a population of 1,135 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Alawites The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isl ...

.Smith, 1841, p. 182.

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* Populated places in Talkalakh District Alawite communities in Syria {{HomsSY-geo-stub