{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Jamraya |native_name = جمرايا |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map =Syria |pushpin_mapsize =250 |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 = Rif Dimashq |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Qudsaya |subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict |subdivision_name3 = Qudsaya |settlement_type = Village<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Metric <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |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 = |population_as_of = 2004 census |population_note = |population_total = 1156 |population_footnotes = <ref name="CBS"/> |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|33.56|N|36.217|E|region:SY|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Jamraya''' or '''Jemraya''' ({{langx|ar|جمرايا}}) is a village in the Qudsaya District of Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside) in southern Syria. It lies 3 miles (5 km)<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel's strike on Syria was a brilliant tactical move |first=Michael |last=Kelley |url=http://au.businessinsider.com/israels-strike-on-syria-is-a-smart-move-2013-2 |newspaper=Business Insider Australia |date=February 2, 2013 |access-date=May 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509063631/http://au.businessinsider.com/israels-strike-on-syria-is-a-smart-move-2013-2 |archive-date=May 9, 2013 }}</ref> to the northwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus city, beyond Mount Qasioun, and is now an outlying suburb of greater Damascus.<ref>Tom Watkins and Chelsea J. Carter, [http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/04/world/meast/syria-violence/index.html Syrian TV: Israeli Rockets Target Damascus Suburb] (May 6, 2013), CNN.</ref><ref name="LATimes">Edmund Sanders and Patrick J. McDonnell, [https://archive.today/20130629163433/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-israel-syria-20130506,0,5561373,full.story Israel Says Strikes in Syria Target Arms for Hezbollah] (May 5, 2013), ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> It is between al-Hamah and Qudsaya town to the south, and Ashrafiyat al-Wadi to the north. It is about 10 miles (15 km) from the Lebanese border.<ref>Karin Laub and Josef Federman, [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130504_ap_syriasaysisraelstrikesmilitaryresearchcenter.html Syria says Israel strikes military research center] (May 4, 2013), Associated Press.</ref> According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,156 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[https://archive.today/20121221035044/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-7-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref>
==Military facilities== A military research facility of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center is located in Jamraya; weapons are developed and stored here, and the site has been accused of developing chemical weapons.<ref name="LATimes"/><ref name=BBC>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22417482 Damascus military facilities 'hit by Israel rockets'] (May 5, 2013), BBC.</ref><ref name="ABC">Alexander Marquardt, [https://abcnews.go.com/International/syria-warns-israel-possibilities-strikes/story?id=19113228 Syria Warns Israel of 'All Possibilities' After Strikes] (May 5, 2013), ABC News.</ref> The highly secretive military facility was established in the 1980s, when Syria was a Soviet ally.<ref name="Profile">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22421732 Profile: Syria's top-secret Jamraya research centre] (May 5, 2013), BBC.</ref>
A parking lot at the research center was the site of a January 31, 2013 Israeli airstrike on missiles parked there. Another Israeli attack on May 5, 2013 destroyed buildings located in a chicken farm a mile from the research center.<ref name=storyful_57036>{{cite web |url=http://storyful.com/stories/57036 |title=Syria – [Public] Analysis of where air strikes blamed on Israel hit – May 05 |first=Felim |last=McMahon |date=7 May 2013 |work=Storyful |access-date=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715053046/http://storyful.com/stories/57036 |archive-date=15 July 2014 }}</ref> An [http://Iran%E2%80%93Israel_conflict_during_the_Syrian_Civil_War#January_2019_incidents Israeli airstrike on January 12, 2019] damaged a suspected Iranian target in a Syrian military base 1.5 km west of the research center.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/satellite-images-taken-after-israeli-strikes-reveal-level-of-damage-on-syrian-sites/|title = Satellite images taken after Israeli strikes reveal level of damage on Syrian sites|date = 22 January 2019|access-date = 20 February 2019|archive-date = 21 February 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190221122055/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/satellite-images-taken-after-israeli-strikes-reveal-level-of-damage-on-syrian-sites/|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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Category:Populated places in Qudsaya District