Beit Yashout () is a town in northwestern

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, administratively part of the

Jableh District Jableh District () is a district of the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Jableh. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 196,171. Agriculture has remained the most important economic sec ...

of the

Latakia Governorate Latakia Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah''), also transliterated as Ladhakia, is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in northwestern Syria, bordering Turkey's Hatay Province to the no ...

, and located south of

Latakia Latakia (; ; Syrian Arabic, Syrian pronunciation: ) is the principal port city of Syria and capital city of the Latakia Governorate located on the Mediterranean coast. Historically, it has also been known as Laodicea in Syria or Laodicea ad Mar ...

. Nearby localities include

Ayn al-Sharqiyah Ayn al-Sharqiyah (, also spelled Ain esh-Sharqiye) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in the Latakia Governorate, located southeast of Latakia. Nearby localities include Siyano to the northwest, Zama to ...

to the west and

Daliyah Daliyah () is a Syrian village in the Jableh District in the southern part of the Latakia Governorate Latakia Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah''), also transliterated as Ladhakia, is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, ...

to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Yashout had a population of 6,115 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. The town is located in the

An-Nusayriyah Mountains The Coastal Mountain Range (, ''Silsilat al-Jibāl as-Sāḥilīyah'') also called Jabal al-Ansariya, Jabal an-Nusayria or Jabal al-`Alawīyin (Ansari, Nusayri or Alawi Mountains) is a mountain range in northwestern Syria running north–south, ...

at an elevation of around 500 m (1,700 ft). Beit Yashout is one of the villages inhabited by the

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Hadadin tribal confederation, to which former first lady Aniseh Makhluf belonged. Specifically, the village was the traditional home of the Haddadin's Bani Ali clan. Beit Yashout is the hometown of

Muhammad al-Khuli Muhammad al-Khouli (; born 1937) is a Syrian former military officer who served as the chief of the Syrian Air Force and the director of the Air Force Intelligence Directorate throughout the presidency of Hafez al-Assad. Early life Al-Khouli was ...

, a prominent military official in Baathist governments in the 1960s and throughout former president

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's time in office (1970–2000).Batatu, p. 219.

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