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Al-Qubeir (Arabic: القبير; also referred to as Mazraat al-Qubeir, Qubair, Qubayr, al-Qubayr and al-Kubeir in various news reports) is a settlement in the Hama Governorate of Syria, near the larger village of Maarzaf.[1] Al-Qubeir is described as a Sunni farming enclave surrounded by Alawite villages in the central province of Hama.[2]

Al-Qubeir
القبير
Village
Al-Qubeir
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°10′37″N 36°30′54″E
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictMahardah
SubdistrictMahardah
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Qubeir is around 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the city of Hama 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 the al-Qubeir massacre.[5][6][7]


References


  1. "Syria UN team 'shot at' near Qubair 'massacre site'". BBC News. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
  2. "Siniora condemns massacre in Syria's Al-Kubeir". Now Lebanon. June 8, 2012. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  3. Karam, Zeina (June 9, 2012). "Regime Denies Violence". Huffington Post. AP. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  4. Paul Danahar (8 June 2012). "Syria massacre: On the ground in Qubair". BBC News. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  5. "New 'massacre' reported in Syria's Hama province". BBC News. 7 June 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  6. "Opposition claim Syrian government 'massacre'". Deutsche Welle. June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  7. "Syrian army blocks U.N. monitors entering Hama 'massacre' site: activists, U.N. official". Al Arabiya. 2012-06-07. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2012-06-07.


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