Al-Bahariyah
البحارية | |
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Village | |
  Al-Bahariyah | |
| Coordinates: 33°31′48″N 36°31′33″E / 33.53000°N 36.52583°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Rif Dimashq |
| District | Douma |
| Subdistrict | al-Nashabiyah |
| Time zone | UTC+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
- ↑ "Al-Bahariyah - Wikimapia". Wikimapia.
- ↑ "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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