Jubata al-Khashab

Jubata al-Khashab
جباتا الخشب
Village
Jubata al-Khashab
Coordinates: 33°13′32″N 35°49′54″E / 33.22556°N 35.83167°E / 33.22556; 35.83167
Country  Syria
Governorate Quneitra
District Quneitra
Subdistrict Khan Arnabah
Population (2004 census)[1]
  Total 3,493
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Jubata al-Khashab (Arabic: جباتا الخشب) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Quneitra Governorate (Golan Heights), in the portion of the province under the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jubata al-Khashab had a population of 3,493 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims, although the population has decreased drastically due to the exodus of residents fleeing the violence of the Syrian Civil War.[2] On 13 September 2015, army units killed and injured a number of militants and destroyed many of their hideouts in direct strikes targeting their gatherings in the village.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "General Census of Population 2004.". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Erkuş, Sevil (2013-10-28). "Israel hosts wounded Syrians through Golan". Hurriyet Daily News.
  3. "Syria in the Last 72 Hours". SANA.
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