As-Sawra al-Kabira
As-Sawra al-Kabira
الصورة الكبيرة | |
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Village | |
  As-Sawra al-Kabira Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°7′55.48″N 36°31′32.4″E / 33.1320778°N 36.525667°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Shahba |
| Subdistrict | As-Sawra al-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 the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), As-Sawra al-Kabira had a population of 885 in the 2004 census.[1] The inhabitants are mostly Druze and Christians.
Civil war
[edit]On the evening on 30 April 2025, armed groups attacked Druze-majority villages of Ira, Rasas, and As-Sawra al-Kabira, and shelled Kanaker in Suwayda Governorate and clashed with local Druze armed groups. Syrian government forces were soon after deployed to the area to restore stability.[2][3] The attackers were later reportedly identified to be linked to the Syrian Ministry of Defense.[4]
In As-Sawra al-Kabira, the shrine and museum of Issam Zahreddine, a late Druze military officer and former commander of the Syrian Republican Guard who had a poor reputation[clarification needed] as part of the Ba'athist regime's forces, was burned and destroyed by unknown attackers,[5][6] the building was eventually blown up.[7]
In July 2025, the Mar Mikhael Church in the village was robbed, vandalized, and burned amid the chaos.[8][9]
Religious buildings
[edit]- Mar Mikhael Church
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "نتائج تعداد السكان والمساكن لعام 2004 على مستوى المدينة / قرية". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ^ "هدوء حذر في السويداء بعد اشتباكات عنيفة وانتشار للجيش لضبط الأمن" [Calm returns to Suwayda after fierce clashes and army deployment to restore security]. Syria TV (in Arabic). 1 May 2025. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "انتشار قوات الأمن العام في بلدة الصورة الكبرى بريف السويداء لتعزيز الأمن والاستقرار" [Deployment of Public Security Forces in al-Surah al-Kubra, rural Suwayda, to enhance security and stability]. Syrian Arab News Agency (in Arabic). 1 May 2025. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "بعد قصفها بالمدفعية.. قوات وزارة الدفاع السورية تنتشر في بلدة بريف السويداء" [After shelling it with artillery.. Syrian Ministry of Defense forces deploy in a town in Suwayda's countryside]. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (in Arabic). 30 April 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "حرق ضريح عصام زهر الدين في ريف السويداء" [Issam Zahreddine's mausoleum burned in Suwayda's countryside]. Al-Modon (in Arabic). 1 May 2025. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "الأمن العام ينتشر في قرية عصام زهر الدين وصور صادمة عن "ضريح" ومتحف "السفاح"" [General Security deployed in Issam Zahreddine's village amid shocking images from the "mausoleum" and "butcher's museum"]. Syria TV (in Arabic). 1 May 2025. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "منفذ مذابح دير الزور بلا قبر: تفجير ضريح المجرم "اللواء عصام زهر الدين" في السويداء" [Perpetrator of Deir ez-Zor massacres left without a grave: Shrine of criminal Major General Issam Zahreddine blown up in Suwayda]. Shaam News Network (in Arabic). 1 May 2025. Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "مجموعة مسلحة تضرم النار في كنيسة مار ميخائيل بريف السويداء" [Armed group sets fire to Mar Mikhael Church in Suwayda's countryside]. Syria TV (in Arabic). 16 July 2025. Archived from the original on 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Local factions retake large swaths of As-Suwayda Governorate". Hawar News Agency. 15 July 2025. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
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