Aqrabiyah (, also spelled Akrabieh or Aqrabieh; also known as al-Buwaydah al-Gharbiyah) is a village in central

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, administratively part of the

Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its geography differs in various locations in the governorate, from to . ...

, located southwest of

Homs Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level, above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is ...

and immediately east and north of the border with

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. Nearby localities include

Zita al-Gharbiyah Zita al-Gharbiyah (, also spelled Zeita) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs and immediately north of the border with Lebanon. Nearby localities include Aqrabiyah to the north, Ka ...

to the southeast, the district center of al-Qusayr to the east,

Arjoun Arjoun (, also spelled Arcun or Arjoon), is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Aqrabiyah to the southwest, al-Qusayr to the southeast, al-Dabaah to the ...

and al-Houz to the northeast and al-Naim to the north. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Aqrabiyah had a population of 4,326 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. The population is predominantly

Shia Muslim Shia Islam is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political Succession to Muhammad, successor (caliph) and as the spiritual le ...

and is immediately surrounded by several smaller Shia Muslim villages. Although the village is in Syria, according to the Lebanese newspaper '' The Daily Star'' its inhabitants are Lebanese. Another Lebanese newspaper, '' Al Akhbar'', writes that 18% of the village's residents are Lebanese citizens.Choufi, Firas
On the Frontline of the Battle for Syria’s Lebanese Villages
. 2013-03-02.

References

Populated places in al-Qusayr District Shia Muslim communities in Syria {{HomsSY-geo-stub