Jamraya
Jamraya جمرايا | |
|---|---|
Veelage | |
  Jamraya | |
| Coordinates: 33°33′36″N 36°13′1.2″E / 33.56000°N 36.217000°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Rif Dimashq Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Qudsaya Destrict |
| Nahiyah | Qudsaya |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,156 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Jamraya (Arabic: جمرايا) is a veelage in soothren Sirie, pairt o the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. A suburb o the Sirie caipital o Damascus, it is locatit juist ootside o the ceety, tae its northwast,[2][3] near al-Hamah. Ither nearbi places include Ashrafiyat al-Wadi tae the north an Qudsaya tae the sooth. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, the veelage haed a population o 1,156 in the 2004 census.[1]
Jamraya militar facility[eedit | eedit soorce]
A militar research facility, the Sirie Scientific Studies an Research Centre, is locatit in Jamraya; weapons are developit an stored here, an the steid haes been accuised o developin chemical weapons.[3][4][5] The heichlie-secretive militar facility wis established in the 1980s, when Sirie wis a Soviet ally.[6] The facility is aboot 10 mile (15 km) awa frae the Lebanese border.[7]
Israeli airstrikes[eedit | eedit soorce]
The Jamraya research facility wis the steid o twa Israeli militar strikes in 2013: on Januar 31 an Mey 5.[3][4][5] "Rebels, opposition activists an residents said the [May] strikes hit bases o the elite Republican Guard an storehooses o lang-range missiles, in addeetion tae a militar research centre that American offeecials hae cried the kintra's main chemical weapons facility."[8] A separate strike twa days earlier on Mey 3 hit Damascus Internaitional Airport.[8] Follaein the Mey strikes, the Sirie govrenment condemned Israel an threatened war.[3][8]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-21 at Archive.today. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ Tom Watkins and Chelsea J. Carter, Syrian TV: Israeli Rockets Target Damascus Suburb (May 6, 2013), CNN.
- ↑ a b c d Edmund Sanders and Patrick J. McDonnell, Israel Says Strikes in Syria Target Arms for Hezbollah (May 5, 2013), Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ a b Damascus military facilities 'hit by Israel rockets' (May 5, 2013), BBC.
- ↑ a b Alexander Marquardt, Syria Warns Israel of 'All Possibilities' After Strikes (May 5, 2013), ABC News.
- ↑ Profile: Syria's top-secret Jamraya research centre (May 5, 2013), BBC.
- ↑ Karin Laub and Josef Federman, Syria Says Israel Strikes Military Research Center (May 4, 2013), Associated Press.
- ↑ a b c Anne Barnard, Syria Blames Israel for Fiery Attack in Damascus (May 5, 2013), New York Times.
