Qasr Abu Samrah (Arabic: قصر أبو سمرة) is a village and archaeological site in Syria, administratively a part of the Hama District of the Hama Governorate, located 31 kilometers (19 mi) northeast of Hama city. Nearby localities include Zughba to the north, al-Tulaysiyah to northwest, al-Junaynah to the west, Fan al-Shamali and Qasr al-Makhram to the southwest, Duma to the southeast, and al-Hazim to the northeast.[3]

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qasr Abu Samrah had a population of 849 in the 2004 census.[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

Qasr Abu Samrah contains the ruins of a Byzantine-era tower and church, both of them not well-preserved. The church was built completely from basalt. One row of five columns, out of the original two, remains standing, large doorway of the structure.[4]

On 2 December 2024, the opposition forces captured the town after the SAF abandoned their posts in order to retreat into Hama.

References

  1. ^ "After a violent attack by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and the factions.. Fierce battles in the northern and eastern countryside of Hama, coinciding with air strikes and intensive artillery shelling" (in Arabic). SOHR. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. (in Arabic)
  3. ^ "Qasr Abu Samrah - Wikimapia". Wikimapia.
  4. ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 376.

Bibliography

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasr_Abu_Samrah
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