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Jubb al-Jarrah
Town in Homs, Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jubb al-Jarrah (Arabic: جب الجراح, also spelled Jeb al-Jarah) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include al-Mukharram to the west, Salamiyah to the northwest and al-Qaryatayn further to the south. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Jubb al-Jarrah had a population of 2,255.[1] Like other villages in the al-Mukharram District, Jubb al-Jarrah's inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2][3] Historian Matti Moosa claims that prominent Alawite figures from the Ba'ath Party convened secretly at Jubb al-Jarrah on 30 January 1968 and made a decision there to abolish Muslim and Christian religious teaching in Syrian schools.[4]
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Syrian Civil War
On 22 November 2016, the Syrian Army repelled an ISIS attack on the settlement.[5] On 9 April 2023, four soldiers were killed when their outpost on the outskirts of the village was attacked by ISIS.[6]
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