Al-Bahariyah

Al-Bahariyah (Arabic: البحارية) is a village in eastern Ghouta, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Damascus city center. The village is administratively a part of the Douma District in the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Damascus International Airport is located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) south of Al-Bahariyah.^[1] The village was largely destroyed in August 2013 and was the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack during the Syrian Civil War.^[2]

Al-Bahariyah البحارية
Village
Al-Bahariyah
Coordinates: 33°31′48″N 36°31′33″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
District	Douma
Subdistrict	al-Nashabiyah
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

References

1. "Al-Bahariyah - Wikimapia". Wikimapia.
2. "United Nations Mission on Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic" (PDF). United Nations. 13 December 2013. p. 5. Retrieved 6 February 2014.