Al-Qubeir
القبير | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 35°10′37″N 36°30′54″E / 35.17694°N 36.51500°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Hama |
District | Mahardah |
Subdistrict | Mahardah |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Al-Qubeir (Arabic: القبير; also referred to as Mazraat al-Qubeir, Qubair, Qubayr, al-Qubayr and al-Kubeir in various news reports) is a settlement in the Hama Governorate of Syria, near the larger village of Maarzaf. [1] Al-Qubeir is described as a Sunni farming enclave surrounded by Alawite villages in the central province of Hama. [2]
Al-Qubeir is around 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the city of Hama with around 30 homes and had around 160 inhabitants. [3] BBC News reports have described al-Qubeir as "just a few single-storey flat-roofed buildings set in the middle of golden corn fields" [4] and as having "fewer than 30 houses". [5]
The settlement came to global attention in 2012 as the location of the al-Qubeir massacre. [5] [6] [7]
35°10′37″N 36°30′54″E / 35.17694°N 36.51500°E
Al-Qubeir
القبير | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 35°10′37″N 36°30′54″E / 35.17694°N 36.51500°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Hama |
District | Mahardah |
Subdistrict | Mahardah |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Al-Qubeir (Arabic: القبير; also referred to as Mazraat al-Qubeir, Qubair, Qubayr, al-Qubayr and al-Kubeir in various news reports) is a settlement in the Hama Governorate of Syria, near the larger village of Maarzaf. [1] Al-Qubeir is described as a Sunni farming enclave surrounded by Alawite villages in the central province of Hama. [2]
Al-Qubeir is around 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the city of Hama with around 30 homes and had around 160 inhabitants. [3] BBC News reports have described al-Qubeir as "just a few single-storey flat-roofed buildings set in the middle of golden corn fields" [4] and as having "fewer than 30 houses". [5]
The settlement came to global attention in 2012 as the location of the al-Qubeir massacre. [5] [6] [7]
35°10′37″N 36°30′54″E / 35.17694°N 36.51500°E