Jubb al-Jarrah (, also spelled Jeb al-Jarah) 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 . ...

. Nearby towns include

al-Mukharram Al-Mukharram (), also known as Mukharram al-Fawqani (; also spelled Makhem Fuqani or ''Mkhurem Fouqani'') is a small city in central Syria, capital of the al-Mukharram District, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located northeast ...

to the west,

Salamiyah file:Hama qalat shmemis salamiyyah syria 1995.jpg, A full view of Shmemis (spring 1995) Salamiyah (; also transliterated ''Salamiyya'', ''Salamieh'' or ''Salamya'') is a city in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate. It is ...

to the northwest and

al-Qaryatayn Al-Qaryatayn (), also spelled Karyatayn, Qaratin or Cariatein, is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate located southeast of Homs. It is situated on an oasis in the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Tadmu ...

further to the south. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Jubb al-Jarrah had a population of 2,255.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. Like other villages in the

al-Mukharram District Al-Mukharram District () is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administ ...

, Jubb al-Jarrah's inhabitants are predominantly

Alawite Alawites () are an Arabs, Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism, a sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ''ghulat'' branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate A ...

s. Historian Matti Moosa claims that prominent Alawite figures from the

Ba'ath Party The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ( ' ), also known simply as Bath Party (), was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism, which is an ideology ...

convened secretly at Jubb al-Jarrah on 30 January 1968 and made a decision there to abolish Muslim and Christian religious teaching in Syrian schools.

Syrian Civil War

On 22 November 2016, the

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repelled an ISIS attack on the settlement. On 9 April 2023, four soldiers were killed when their outpost on the outskirts of the village was attacked by ISIS.

References

Populated places in al-Mukharram District Towns in Syria Alawite communities in Syria {{HomsSY-geo-stub