Sakrah ( ar, سكرة, also spelled ''Sakra'') is a village 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 ...

in central Syria, just east of Homs and on the western fringes of the Syrian Desert. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sakrah had a population of 2,155 in 2004. In September 2014, a meeting dedicated to Syrian reconciliation was held in Sakrah. Hosted by Homs Governor Talal al-Barazi, the meeting included Secretary-General of the People's Party, Nawaf al-Melhim, village representative Ahmad Awdeh and Pastor Zahri Khaza'al of the Saint Mary Church of the Holy Belt. The delegates called for the restoration of peace and tolerance in Homs and asserted their support for national unity amid the Syrian civil war.

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Populated places in Homs District {{HomsSY-geo-stub