Tell Dahab () is a village in central
Syria
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, administratively part of the
Salamiyah District
Salamiyah ( ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 187,123. Its administrative district is the city of Salamiyah.
Sub-districts
The district of Salamiyah is div ...
of
Hama Governorate
Hama Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib Governorate, Idlib and Aleppo Governorates to the north, Raqqa Gove ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell Dahab had a population of 660 in the 2004 census.
History
Tell Dahab is one of several villages on the
al-A'la plateau
The al-A'la plateau, or Jabal al-A'la () is a plateau in central Syria, which rises east of the city of Hama, on the western fringes of the Syrian steppe. The plateau contains numerous villages with Byzantine-era inscriptions, found in the remain ...
to contain
Byzantine
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-era ruins. Greek inscriptions found on basalt lintels in the village date to 470, 489, 570 and 589 CE. In 1838, Tell Dahab's inhabitants were noted to be predominantly
Sunni Muslim
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s.
Smith
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, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
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On 1 February 2025, as part of increasing violence against ethnic and religious minorities shortly after the fall of the Assad regime
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, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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alleged that four civilians were shot dead in a summary execution in the village.
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Archaeological sites in Hama Governorate
Populated places in Salamiyah District
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