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Village in Hama, Syria
Ithriya أثريا
Village
Ithriya is located in SyriaIthriyaIthriyaLocation in Syria
Coordinates: 35°22′09″N 37°47′09″E / 35.3692°N 37.7859°E / 35.3692; 37.7859
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictSalamiyah District
SubdistrictAl-Saan Nahiyah
Control Syrian Salvation Government
Population
 • Total2,118
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC3273

Ithriya (Arabic: أثريا), Roman "Seriana". is a Syrian village located in Al-Saan Nahiyah in Salamiyah District, Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ithriya had a population of 2118 in the 2004 census.

Situation of land access in Northern Central Syria during Syrian Civil War in early 2017.

History

In Roman times in Near Antiquity, Seriana housed a temple, known as the Church of Seriana.

During the Syrian Civil War, Ithriyah became a strategically important point. It lays on the last highway under government control connecting the city of Aleppo to Khanasir and the Salamiyah region. In the Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February–March 2016) and Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016), the town was used as a launching point for offensives against IS.

See also: Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)

On 15 December 2022, ISIS forces ambushed a convoy of the Syrian NDF militia near the village. The ambush began following the detonation of a landmine under the militiamen's car, killing 3 NDF fighters immediately. Brief clashes took place between ISIS forces and the militiamen, another 2 NDF fighters were killed in the clashes.

References

  1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. "ISIS's ambush leaves 5 members of National Defense dead in Al-Badia". hawarnews.com. 15 December 2022.
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