Al-Shaykh Saad () is a

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

n village in the

Tartus District Tartus District () is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tartus Tartus ( / ALA-LC: ''Ṭarṭūs''; known in the County of Tripoli as Tortosa and also transliterated from French ...

Tartous Governorate Tartus Governorate, also transliterated as Tartous Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ṭarṭūs''), is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Latakia Governorate to the north, Homs and Hama Governor ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Shaykh Saad had a population of 4,046 in the 2004 census. During the Syrian Civil War, a number of displaced people from various parts of the

Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its geography differs in various locations in the governorate, from to . ...

took refuge in the village.

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Alawite communities in Syria Populated places in Tartus District {{TartusSY-geo-stub