Barzeh, Syria

Barzeh (Arabic: برزة‎, also transliterated Berzé) is a municipality and a neighborhood to the north of Damascus, Syria.[2] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Barzeh had a population of 47,339 in the 2004 census.[1]

Barzeh

برزة
Neighborhood
Barzeh
Coordinates: 33°33′24″N 36°19′14″E
CountrySyria
GovernoratesDamascus Governorate
CityDamascus
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total47,339

History

The municipality has been active in the Syrian civil war. The Sunni Barzeh neighborhood is largely pro-opposition. However, the neighboring Alawite "slum" Esh al-Warwar is largely pro-government.[3][4] The Barzeh area has been under truce between the rebels and government since 2014.[3][5] On 1 April 2015, the rebels (Jaish al-Islam and the Free Syrian Army's First Brigade) launched a military campaign to expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from the Barzeh and Qaboun neighborhoods,[6][7] which ended in success three days later.[8] On 8 February 2016, an IS car bomb targeting a government officer's club killed eight people in Masakin Barzeh.[9] On 29 May 2017 the Syrian government regained control of the entire district.[10]

Neighborhoods
  • Al-Abbas (pop. 23,112)
  • Barza al-Balad (pop. 31,634)
  • Ish al-Warwar (pop. 20,458)
  • Al-Manara (pop. 10,199)
  • Masakin Barzeh (pop. 15,705)
  • An-Nuzha (pop. 6,488)

Education

The Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology has its main campus in the Hameesh area[11] of Barzeh.

References
  1. Damascus city population
  2. Khaled Yacoub Oweis (18 July 2012). "Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace". Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. Lina Sinjab (18 January 2014). "In Syria, few conciliatory signs as peace talks loom". BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  4. Nir Rosen (12 October 2011). "Assad's Alawites: An Entrenched Community". Al-Jazeera. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  5. Joshua Hersh (26 February 2014). "Syrian Government Sees An End Game, Block By Block". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  6. "ISIS encroaches on east Damascus". NOW. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. "Damascus: Islam Army attacks ISIS bases in Qaboun, Barzeh neighborhoods". Zaman al-Wasl. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  8. "Syrian rebels defeat ISIS in Damascus". Ara News. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. Anne Barnard (9 February 2015). "ISIS, in a First, Says It Was Behind Attack in Syrian Capital". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. "Evacuation of rebels from Damascus district complete, city governor says". Reuters. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  11. "HIAST". Facebook. Retrieved 18 April 2018.


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