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 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]
qubeir, arabic, القبير, also, referred, mazraat, qubeir, qubair, qubayr, qubayr, kubeir, various, news, reports, settlement, hama, governorate, syria, near, larger, village, maarzaf, described, sunni, farming, enclave, surrounded, alawite, villages, central, p. 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 القبيرVillageAl QubeirLocation in SyriaCoordinates 35 10 37 N 36 30 54 E 35 17694 N 36 51500 E 35 17694 36 51500Country SyriaGovernorateHamaDistrictMahardahSubdistrictMahardahTime 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 edit Syria UN team shot at near Qubair massacre site BBC News 2012 06 07 Retrieved 2012 06 07 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 Karam Zeina June 9 2012 Regime Denies Violence Huffington Post AP Retrieved June 7 2012 Paul Danahar 8 June 2012 Syria massacre On the ground in Qubair BBC News Retrieved 8 June 2012 a b New massacre reported in Syria s Hama province BBC News 7 June 2012 Retrieved June 7 2012 Opposition claim Syrian government massacre Deutsche Welle June 7 2012 Retrieved June 7 2012 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 35 10 37 N 36 30 54 E 35 17694 N 36 51500 E 35 17694 36 51500 nbsp This article about a location in Hama Governorate Syria is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Al Qubeir amp oldid 1192542612, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
