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Village in Homs, Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al-'Aliyat (Arabic: العاليات, also spelled Alyat) is a village in the Homs Governorate in central Syria, located southeast of Homs on the western fringes of the Syrian Desert. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-'Aliyat had a population of 532 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
Al-'Aliyat
العاليات | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 34°32′32″N 36°49′48″E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Homs |
District | Homs |
Subdistrict | Homs |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 532 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
In April 1924, during French Mandatory rule, followers of Sulayman al-Murshid killed a number of people in al-'Aliyat for not converting to al-Murshid's strain of Alawite Islam. French forces confronted al-Murshid's disciples, who were armed mostly with sticks, and fifty of them were killed, while another fifty were wounded. Al-Murshid was exiled to Raqqa in the aftermath of the clashes.[2]
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