Ithriya

Ithriya (Arabic: أثريا), Roman "Seriana". is a Syrian village located in Al-Saan Nahiyah in Salamiyah District, Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ithriya had a population of 2118 in the 2004 census.^[1]

Situation of land access in Northern Central Syria during Syrian Civil War in early 2017.

Ithriya أثريا
Village
Ithriya Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35.3692°N 37.7859°E / 35.3692; 37.7859
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hama
District	Salamiyah District
Subdistrict	Al-Saan Nahiyah
Population  (2004)
• Total	2,118
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode	C3273

History

In Roman times in Near Antiquity, Seriana housed a temple, known as the Church of Seriana.

During the Syrian Civil War, Ithriyah became a strategically important point. It lays on the last highway under government control connecting the city of Aleppo to Khanasir and the Salamiyah region. In the Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February–March 2016) and Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016), the town was used as a launching point for offensives against IS.

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

On 15 December 2022, ISIS forces ambushed a convoy of the Syrian NDF militia near the village. The ambush began following the detonation of a landmine under the militiamen's car, killing 3 NDF fighters immediately. Brief clashes took place between ISIS forces and the militiamen, another 2 NDF fighters were killed in the clashes.^[2]

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
2. "ISIS's ambush leaves 5 members of National Defense dead in Al-Badia". hawarnews.com. 15 December 2022.

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