Mansura (), also spelt Mansoura, is a
Syrian
Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...
village located in
Al-Ziyarah Nahiyah
Al-Ziyarah Subdistrict () is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Al-Suqaylabiyah District in Hama
Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It ...
in
Al-Suqaylabiyah District
Al-Suqaylabiyah District ( ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 240,091. Its capital city, administrative centre is the city of al-Suqayla ...
,
Hama
Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 770 in the 2004 census.
Syrian Civil War
During the
Syrian Civil War Mansura came under the control of
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) was a Sunni Islamist political organisation and paramilitary group involved in the Syrian civil war. It was formed on 28January 2017 as a merger between several armed groups: Jaysh al-Ahrar (an Ahrar al-Sham facti ...
. The
Syrian Arab Army
The Syrian Arab Armed Forces (SAAF; ) were the combined armed forces of Syria from 1963 to 2024. They served during the rule of the Ba'ath Party in Syria.
The SAAF consisted of the Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Air Force, Syrian Arab Air D ...
began shelling the village on August 28, 2018 in preparation for their operation against the last remaining areas under rebel control.
References
Populated places in al-Suqaylabiyah District
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