Al-Tulaysiyah الطليسية Tuleisa Tleisa Tulaysiyah | |
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Village | |
  Al-Tulaysiyah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°22′02″N36°54′52″E / 35.367356°N 36.914406°E /35.367356; 36.914406 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Suran |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 824 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Tulaysiyah (Arabic:الطليسية, also spelledTleisa orTuleisa) is a village in northernSyria, administratively part of theHama Governorate, located northeast ofHama. Nearby localities includeFan al-Shamali to the south,al-Hamraa to the southeast,Atshan to the northwest,Ma'an to the west and Kawkab andSuran to the southwest. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, Al-Tuleisa had a population of 824 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlyAlawites.[2]
In mid-May 2013, during theSyrian civil war, the residents abandoned the village after anti-government rebels launched an attack to capture it. After a firefight with aSyrian Army patrol, the rebels captured al-Tulaysiyah.[3] On 14 April 2014, there was shelling from al-Tulaysiyah (where there is a gathering of pro-government troops) against the village of Atshan.[4]On 20 April, rebels attacked the government-held village and destroyed three military vehicles and shelled Brigade 66.[5] On 5 July, nine rebels were killed by aSyrian Army ambush as they were en route to attack checkpoints in al-Tulaysiyah.[6] On 2 September, pro-government militia from the village attacked the town ofTal Khazneh.[7] On 27 Sep 2016, rebels took control of al-Tulaysiyah town and its hill.[8] On 8 October, taking advantage ofrebel-infighting in the nearby Idlib province,[9] the Army launched a counter-attack and recaptured al-Tulaysiyah.[10][11]
