Al-Bahariyah

Al-Bahariyah
البحارية
Village
Al-Bahariyah is located in Syria
Al-Bahariyah
Al-Bahariyah
Coordinates: 33°31′48″N 36°31′33″E / 33.53000°N 36.52583°E / 33.53000; 36.52583
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictDouma
Subdistrictal-Nashabiyah
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Bahariyah (Arabic: البحارية) is a village in eastern Ghouta, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Damascus city center. The village is administratively a part of the Douma District in the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Damascus International Airport is located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) south of Al-Bahariyah.[1] The village was largely destroyed in August 2013 and was the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack during the Syrian Civil War.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Al-Bahariyah - Wikimapia". Wikimapia.
  2. ^ "United Nations Mission on Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic" (PDF). United Nations. 13 December 2013. p. 5. Retrieved 6 February 2014.




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