Deir Khabiyah

Deir Khabiyah دير خبية
Village
Deir Khabiyah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°22′1″N 36°9′36″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
District	Markaz Rif Dimashq
Subdistrict	Al-Kiswah
Population  (2004)
• Total	4,350
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode	C2287

Deir Khabiyah (Arabic: دير خبية) is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Rif Dimashq. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Khabiyah had a population of 4,350 in the 2004 census.^[1]

History

The tell in Deir Khabiyah dates back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age from the beginning of the 2nd to the 1st millennium BC.^[2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Deir Khabiyah's population being Sunni Muslims.^[3]

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)

On 16 May 2022, two fighters of the Pro-Assad Ba'ath militia were killed in a double IED explosion in the village.^[4]

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
2. Eugen Wirth (1971). "Syrien, eine geographische Landeskunde" (in German). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: 402. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 149
4. "Two explosions | Two regime-backed Al-Baath Battalion militiamen killed in Rif Dimashq". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 16 May 2022.

Bibliography

• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.