Dar Taizzah
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 17 ′ N , 36 ° 51 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Syria | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | SY-HL | ||
Dar Taizzah ( Arabic دار تعزة), also Dar Taaza and Daret Azzeh , is a Syrian city with 55,000 inhabitants (2009) in the area of the World Heritage Site Dead Cities 20 km west of Aleppo .
The Byzantine church ruin Mushabbak is about 3 km from the village.
During the Syrian Civil War , the settlement was the site of a massacre in June 2012 in which at least 25 people lost their lives. The city, held by the Free Syrian Army , came under heavy fire over and over again as the war progressed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dar Ta'izzah Things To Do ( English ) virtualtourist.com. 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Syrian gov't: Rebels massacre dozens of "shabiha" ( English ) cbsnews.com . June 22, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2016.