Bariqa

{{Infobox settlement    |name =Bariqa  |official_name = Buraykah |other_name = |native_name ={{lang|ar|بريقة}} |nickname = |settlement_type = Village  |motto =  |image_skyline = Bareeqa V Golanhights.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = View of Bariqa, 2007 |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x =|dot_y = |pushpin_map =Syria Golan#Syria  |pushpin_label_position =  |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize =250  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Syria |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 = Quneitra |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Quneitra |subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict |subdivision_name3 = Quneitra |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |seat_type = |seat = |parts_type = |parts_style= |parts =  |p1 = |p2 =   |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Settled |established_date = |established_title1 = |established_date1 = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |founder = |named_for =  |area_magnitude =  |unit_pref =  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_dunam =  |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m = |elevation_min_ft =  |population_as_of = 2004 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 371 |population_density_km2 =  |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = Religions |population_blank1 = Sunni Muslim |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 | coor_type =  |coordinates = {{coord|33|02|35|N|35|52|16|E|region:SY|display=inline,title}}  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code =14 |website = |footnotes = }} '''Bariqa''' ({{langx|ar|بريقة}}, also spelled '''Buraykah''' or '''Breikeh''') is a village in southwestern Syria, administratively part of the Quneitra Governorate, south of Quneitra, in the Syrian-controlled portion of the Golan Heights. Nearby localities include Beer Ajam to the north, Naba al-Sakhr to the northeast, al-Harra and Namer to the east, al-Suwaysah and Jasim to the southeast and al-Rafid to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Bariqa had a population of 371 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB14-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122165907/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB14-1-2004.htm |date=2013-01-22 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Quneitra Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly Circassians from the Abadzekh tribe,<ref>Jaimoukha, Amjad. [https://circasvoices.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-circassians-of-syria-opting-for.html The Circassians of Syria: Opting for the Rightful Cause] ''Circassian Voices''. 2012-07-12.</ref> who profess Sunni Islam.

In the late 19th-century Bariqa was described as "one of the largest and best of the Circassian villages." It consisted of about 100 houses with 85 families, translating into an approximate population of 425, including 68 adult male fighters. Its streets were wide and clean, it abounded in heaps of hay and contained a well-built mosque. To the north of Bariqa was an icy-water spring and to the east was a pool which irrigated the village's crops. Bariqa served as the residence of the ''sheikh'' ("chief") of all the Circassian villages in the Golan Heights region.<ref>Schumacher, 1888, pp. 113-114.</ref>

{{anchor|civilwar}}Opposition rebels and Syrian Army soldiers clashed in Bariqa and nearby Beer Ajam in November 2012, during the ongoing Syrian civil war, which began in 2011. Fatalities on both sides totaled about 30, according to a monitoring group.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/breaking-news/more-than-30-syrians-killed-in-golan/story-e6frg13l-1226514106929|title=More than 30 Syrians killed in Golan|last=AAP|date=10 November 2012|work=PerthNow|publisher=The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|accessdate=27 November 2012|archive-date=17 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317091015/http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/breaking-news/more-than-30-syrians-killed-in-golan/story-e6frg13l-1226514106929|url-status=dead}}</ref> The village was reported to be under rebel control by 13 November.<ref name="telegraph north">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9675994/Syrian-rebels-seize-territory-north-of-Golan-Heights.html|title=Syrian rebels seize territory north of Golan Heights|last=Greenwood|first=Phoebe|first2=Ruth|last2=Sherlock|first3=Damien|last3=McElroy|date=13 November 2012|publisher=The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|accessdate=27 November 2012|location=London}}</ref> On 26 July 2018, the Syrian army took back the town after the rebels surrendered and handed over their heavy and medium weapons to army.<ref>[http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=98858 After days of negotiations, an agreement and settlements were reached in towns in the northern countryside of Quneitra]</ref>

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==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|first=Gottlieb|last=Schumacher|title=The Jaulân: Surveyed for the German Society for the Exploration of the Holy Land|url=https://archive.org/details/jaulnsurveyedfo00schugoog|quote=Gottlieb Schumacher.|publisher=Bentley and Son|year=1888}} {{refend}}

Category:Circassian communities in Syria Category:Populated places in Quneitra Governorate Category:Villages in Syria Category:1870s establishments in Ottoman Syria