Arzah
Arzah
أرزة الضبعة Arzah | |
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Village | |
Arzah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°10′28″N 36°41′51″E / 35.17444°N 36.69750°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hama |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,280 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C2962 |
Arzah (Arabic: أرزة); also spelled Arze or Arzeh; also known as al-Arzah al-Dabaa (Arabic: أرزة الضبعة)
is a Syrian village located in the Subdistrict of the Hama District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Arzah had a population of 1,280 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants were predominantly Alawites.
10–12 Arzah villagers were killed in a sectarian massacre in February 2025 by Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah.
The village was subjected to another massacre in March 2025. As a result of this massacre, the native Alawite population of the village was expelled, and it has now been settled by Sunnis from the nearby town of Khattab.