Al-Qusayr, Syria, the Glossary

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1. 71 relations: Agenzia Fides, Al-Aqrabiyah, Al-Buwaydah al-Sharqiyah, Al-Dabaah, Al-Ghassaniyah, Al-Houz, Al-Nizariyah, Al-Qusayr District, Al-Qusayr offensive, Alawites, Anatolia, Arabs, Arjoun, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Ayyubid dynasty, Bashar al-Assad, Battle of Kadesh, BBC, BBC News, Caravanserai, Catholic Church, Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Christians, Daminah al-Gharbiyah, Daminah al-Sharqiyah, Districts of Syria, Eastern European Time, Egypt, Fatah al-Islam, Free Syrian Army, Governorates of Syria, Hadi Al Abdullah, Hittites, Homs, Homs Governorate, Hospital, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Jandar, Syria, Jusiyah al-Amar, Kadesh (Syria), Kafr Mousa, Lebanon, Lebanon–Syria border, Levant, Levantine Arabic, List of cities in Syria, List of sovereign states, Modern Standard Arabic, Muhammad Ali dynasty, Mukhabarat, ... Expand index (21 more) »

2. Populated places in al-Qusayr District

Agenzia Fides

Agenzia Fides is the news agency of the Vatican.

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Al-Aqrabiyah

Aqrabiyah (العقربية, also spelled Akrabieh or Aqrabieh; also known as al-Buwaydah al-Gharbiyah) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs and immediately east and north of the border with Lebanon. Al-Qusayr, Syria and al-Aqrabiyah are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Al-Buwaydah al-Sharqiyah

Al-Buwaidah al-Sharqiyah (البويضة الشرقية, also spelled al-Buwaideh al-Sharqiyeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southeast of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and al-Buwaydah al-Sharqiyah are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Al-Dabaah

Al-Dabaah (الضبعة, also spelled Daba'a) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and al-Dabaah are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Al-Ghassaniyah

Al-Ghassaniya (الغسانية also spelled Ghassaniyeh) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located south of Homs and just east of Lake Qattinah. Al-Qusayr, Syria and al-Ghassaniyah are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Al-Houz

Al-Houz (الحوز, also spelled al-Huz) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and al-Houz are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Al-Nizariyah

Al-Nizariyya al-Nīzārīyya) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. It is situated off the Orontes River and at the northeastern border of Lebanon. Nearby localities include Zita al-Gharbiyah to the northwest, Rableh and al-Qusayr to the north and Hisyah further to the east. Al-Qusayr, Syria and al-Nizariyah are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Al-Qusayr District

Al-Qusayr District (manṭiqat al-Qusair) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria.

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Al-Qusayr offensive

The al-Qusayr offensive was an operation by the Syrian Government forces against Opposition forces at al-Qusayr in Homs province, during the Syrian Civil War.

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Alawites

The Alawites, also known as Nusayrites, are an Arab ethnoreligious group that live primarily in the Levant and follow Alawism, a religious sect that splintered from early Shi'ism as a ghulat branch during the ninth century.

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Anatolia

Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Arjoun

Arjoun (Arjūn, also spelled Arcun or Arjoon), is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Arjoun are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.

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Ayyubid dynasty

The Ayyubid dynasty (الأيوبيون; Eyûbiyan), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.

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Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the current and 19th president of Syria since 17 July 2000.

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Battle of Kadesh

The Battle of Kadesh took place in the 13th century BC between the Egyptian Empire led by pharaoh Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire led by king Muwatalli II.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Caravanserai

A caravanserai (or caravansary) was a roadside inn where travelers (caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) (المكتب المركزي للإحصاء) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in the Syrian Arab Republic.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Daminah al-Gharbiyah

Daminah al-Gharbiyah (دمينة الغربية, also spelled Dumaynah Gharbiyah) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Daminah al-Gharbiyah are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Daminah al-Sharqiyah

Daminah al-Sharqiyah (دمينة الشرقية) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, south of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Daminah al-Sharqiyah are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Districts of Syria

The 14 governorates of Syria, or muhafazat (sing. muhafazah), are divided into 65 districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), including the city of Damascus.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Fatah al-Islam

Fatah al-Islam (فتح الإسلام, meaning: Conquest of Islam) is a Sunni Islamist militant group established in November 2006 in a Palestinian refugee camp, located in Lebanon.

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Free Syrian Army

The Free Syrian Army (FSA; al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces.

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Governorates of Syria

Syria is a unitary state, but for administrative purposes, it is divided into fourteen governorates, also called provinces or counties in English (Arabic muḥāfaẓāt, singular muḥāfaẓah).

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Hadi Al Abdullah

Hadi Al Abdullah (هادي العبدالله; born 8 May 1987) is a Syrian citizen journalist and activist who has risen to prominence through his coverage of the Syrian Civil War.

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Hittites

The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia.

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Homs

Homs (حِمْص / ALA-LC:; Levantine Arabic: حُمْص / Ḥomṣ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa (Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Homs are cities in Syria.

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Homs Governorate

Homs Governorate (مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria.

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Hospital

A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment.

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Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

Ibrahim Pasha (إبراهيمباشا Ibrāhīm Bāshā; 1789 – 10 November 1848) was an Egyptian general and politician; he was the commander of both the Egyptian and Ottoman armies and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and unrecognized Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.

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Jandar, Syria

Jandar (جندر, also spelled Jendar) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located 30 kilometers south of Homs.

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Jusiyah al-Amar

Jusiyah al-Amar (جوسية العمار), or simply Jusiyah, is a Syrian village located in Al-Qusayr District, Homs, near the border of Lebanon.

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Kadesh (Syria)

Kadesh, or Qadesh, was an ancient city of the Levant on or near the headwaters or a ford of the Orontes River.

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Kafr Mousa

Kafr Mousa (كفر موسى, also spelled Kafr Musa) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located south of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Kafr Mousa are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.

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Lebanon–Syria border

The Lebanon–Syria border is 394 km (245 miles) in length and runs from the Mediterranean coast in the north to the tripoint with Israel in the south.

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Levant

The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.

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Levantine Arabic

Levantine Arabic, also called Shami (autonym: or اللهجة الشامية), is an Arabic variety spoken in the Levant, namely in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel and southern Turkey (historically only in Adana, Mersin and Hatay provinces).

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List of cities in Syria

The country of Syria is administratively subdivided into 14 governorates, which are sub-divided into 65 districts, which are further divided into 284 sub-districts.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Modern Standard Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Modern Written Arabic (MWA) is the variety of standardized, literary Arabic that developed in the Arab world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and in some usages also the variety of spoken Arabic that approximates this written standard.

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Muhammad Ali dynasty

The Muhammad Ali dynasty or the Alawiyya dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Egypt and Sudan from the 19th to the mid-20th century.

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Mukhabarat

(مخابرات, also transliterated /), is the Arabic term for intelligence, as used by an intelligence agency.

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Muwatalli II

Muwatalli II (also Muwatallis, or Muwatallish) was a king of the New Kingdom of the Hittite empire c. 1295–1282 (middle chronology) and 1295–1272 BC in the short chronology.

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Nahiyah

A nāḥiyah (نَاحِيَة, plural nawāḥī نَوَاحِي), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns.

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Palestine Exploration Fund

The Palestine Exploration Fund is a British society based in London.

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Rablah

Rablah (ربلة; also spelled Rableh, Ribla or Ribleh) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Rablah are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Ramesses II

Ramesses II (rꜥ-ms-sw), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Egyptian pharaoh.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Shinshar

Shinshar (Shinshār, also spelled Shanshar) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located between Homs to the north, al-Qusayr to the southwest and Shamsin to the south. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Shinshar are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Sniper

A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. Snipers generally have specialized training and are equipped with telescopic sights. Modern snipers use high-precision rifles and high-magnification optics.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Syrian Army

The Syrian Army (SyA or SA), officially the Syrian Arab Army (SyAA or SAA) (al-Jayš al-ʿArabī as-Sūrī), is the land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces.

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Syrian civil war

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.

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Tank

A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.

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Tell al-Nabi Mando

Tell al-Nabi Mando (تل النبي مندو), known in archaeological literature as Tell Nebi Mend and also known as Qadesh (قادش) after the Bronze-Age city which stood at almost the same location, is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Tell al-Nabi Mando are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Yaqut al-Hamawi

Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) (ياقوت الحموي الرومي) was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th–13th centuries).

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Zira'a

Zira'a (زراعة, also spelled Zerraa, Zirhagh or Zar'a) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Zira'a are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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Zita al-Gharbiyah

Zita al-Gharbiyah (زيتا الغربية, also spelled Zeita) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs and immediately north of the border with Lebanon. Al-Qusayr, Syria and Zita al-Gharbiyah are Populated places in al-Qusayr District.

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See also

Populated places in al-Qusayr District

• Akkum
• Al-Aqrabiyah
• Al-Buwaydah al-Sharqiyah
• Al-Dabaah
• Al-Ghassaniyah
• Al-Houz
• Al-Masriyah
• Al-Naim
• Al-Nizariyah
• Al-Qusayr, Syria
• Arjoun
• Daminah al-Gharbiyah
• Daminah al-Sharqiyah
• Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali
• Kafr Mousa
• Rablah
• Shinshar
• Tell al-Nabi Mando
• Zira'a
• Zita al-Gharbiyah

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qusayr,_Syria

Also known as Al Qusayr, Syria, Al-Qusair, Syria, History of Al-Qusayr, Syria.

, Muwatalli II, Nahiyah, Palestine Exploration Fund, Rablah, Ramesses II, Reuters, Shinshar, Sniper, Sunni Islam, Syria, Syrian Army, Syrian civil war, Tank, Tell al-Nabi Mando, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The New York Times, Time (magazine), Yaqut al-Hamawi, Zira'a, Zita al-Gharbiyah.