Hamada al-Omar

Hamada al-Omar (Arabic: حمادي العمر) is a Syrian village located in the Uqayribat Subdistrict of the Salamiyah District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hamada al-Omar had a population of 2,056 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are largely Sunni Muslims whose forebears converted from Ismaili Shia Islam.^[2]

Hamada al-Omar حمادي العمر
Village
Hamada al-Omar Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35.0222°N 37.4417°E / 35.0222; 37.4417
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hama
District	Salamiyah District
Subdistrict	Uqayribat Subdistrict
Population  (2004)
• Total	2,056
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode	C3319

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war

On 20 February 2022, 3 Syrian army soldiers loyal to Bashar al-Assad were killed and another was injured after a landmine, planted by ISIL operatives, exploded near the town.^[3]

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
2. Mirza, Garib; Al-Khateeb, Humam (September 2015). "The Conflict in the Town of Salamiyah A Model for the Formation of 'Mafias' in Syria" (PDF). www.drsc-sy.org. Democratic Republic Studies Center. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
3. "ISIS resurgence | Five regime soldiers killed and officer injured in new attacks in Syrian desert". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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