Al-Qubeir القبير | |
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Village | |
  Al-Qubeir Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°10′37″N36°30′54″E / 35.17694°N 36.51500°E /35.17694; 36.51500 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Mahardah |
| Subdistrict | Mahardah |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Qubeir (Arabic:القبير; also referred to asMazraat al-Qubeir,Qubair,Qubayr,al-Qubayr andal-Kubeir in various news reports) is a settlement in theHama Governorate ofSyria, near the larger village ofMaarzaf.[1] Al-Qubeir is described as aSunni farming enclave surrounded byAlawite villages in the central province of Hama.[2]
Al-Qubeir is around 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the city ofHama with around 30 homes and had around 160 inhabitants.[3] BBC News reports have described al-Qubeir as "just a few single-storey flat-roofed buildings set in the middle of golden corn fields"[4] and as having "fewer than 30 houses".[5]
The settlement came to global attention in 2012 as the location of theal-Qubeir massacre.[5][6][7]
35°10′37″N36°30′54″E / 35.17694°N 36.51500°E /35.17694; 36.51500
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