Mazraʿat al-Qabir

مزرعة القبير / Mazraʿat al-Qabīr القبير / al-Qubair Mazraʿat al-Qabir
Coordinates	35 ° 11 ′  N , 36 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 11 ′  N , 36 ° 34 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Syria
Governorate	Hama
height	290 m

Mazraʿat al-Qabir ( Arabic مزرعة القبير, DMG Mazraʿat al-Qabīr ) or al-Qubair ( Arabic القبير, DMG al-Qubair , also al-Kubeir ), is a small farming village in the Hama Governorate in Syria , near the larger village of Maʿarzaf .

Mazraʿat al-Qabir was described by BBC News as "just a few single-story buildings with a flat roof in the middle, set in golden cornfields". There are "fewer than 30 houses" there.

During the Syrian civil war , 80 people were probably murdered there on June 6, 2012 by the Shabiha militias .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paul Danahar: Syria massacre: On the ground in Qubair . BBC News. June 8, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
2. ↑ New 'massacre' reported in Syria's Hama province . BBC News. June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
3. ↑ Der Stern: At least 80 people die in new massacre , June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
4. ↑ Reuters Germany: Syrian opposition calls for military action after massacre , June 7, 2012. Accessed June 7, 2012.