As-Sawra al-Kabira الصورة الكبيرة | |
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Village | |
  As-Sawra al-Kabira Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:33°7′55.48″N36°31′32.4″E / 33.1320778°N 36.525667°E /33.1320778; 36.525667 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | Sawra as-Saghira |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 885 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
As-Sawra al-Kabira (Arabic:الصورة الكبيرة) is a village situated in theShahba District ofSuwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), As-Sawra al-Kabira had a population of 885 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantlyDruze, with aChristian minority.[2]
On the evening on 30 April 2025, armed groups attacked Druze-majority villages ofIra,Rasas, and As-Sawra al-Kabira, and shelled Kanaker inSuwayda Governorate and clashed with local Druze armed groups. Syrian government forces were soon after deployed to the area to restore stability.[3][4] The attackers were later reportedly identified to be linked to theSyrian Ministry of Defense.[5]
In As-Sawra al-Kabira, the shrine and museum ofIssam Zahreddine, a late Druze military officer and former commander of theSyrian Republican Guard who had a poor reputation[clarification needed] as part of theBa'athist regime's forces, was burned and destroyed by unknown attackers,[6][7] the building was eventually blown up.[8]
During the southern Syria clashes in July 2025, the Mar Mikhael Church in the village was robbed, vandalized, and burned by members of the Defence and Interior Ministries, along with armed Bedouin men.[9][10][11]
In 2011, theMelkite Greek Catholic Church had approximately 2,500 believers.[12]
Capital:Suwayda | |||||||||||||||
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