{{Short description|Town in northwestern Syria}} {{Infobox settlement |name =Muzayraa |settlement_type =Town |official_name =Mazirah |other_name =Mzeraa |native_name = مزيرعة <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |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 = |pushpin_map = Syria <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Syria |pushpin_mapsize =250 <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 = Latakia |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = al-Haffah |subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict |subdivision_name3 = Muzayraa |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Metric <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |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 = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2004 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =834 |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 =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|35|31|52|N|36|4|16|E|region:SY|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Muzayraa''' ({{langx|ar|مزيرعة|'''Muzayri`ah'''}}, '''Mzera'a''' or '''Mazirah''') is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia. Nearby localities include Difa and Hanadi to the west, al-Jandiriyah to the northwest, al-Haffah and Ayn al-Tineh to the north, Slinfah to the northeast, Shathah to the east and Qardaha to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Muzayraa had a population was 834 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center and the fourth largest locality of the Muzayraa ''nahiyah'' ("subdistrict") which contained 27 localities with a collective population of 13,908 in 2004.<ref name="CBS">[https://archive.today/20130112122604/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-18-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.<ref>Balanche, 2006, p. 44.</ref>

On 14 December 2024, former members of the Syrian Arab Army launched an attack in the settlement on Sham Corps members affiliated with the Syrian transitional government. The incident represents the first clash of its kind since the collapse of the Assad regime.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-12-14 |title=في حادثة هي الأولى من نوعها بعد سقوط النظام.. مقـ ـتل وإصابة 15 عنصراً من فصيل "فيلق الشام" بكمين نصبه مسلحون من فلول النظام بريف اللاذقية {{!}} المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان |trans-title=In an incident that is the first of its kind after the fall of the regime.. 15 members of the “Al-Sham Corps” faction were killed and injured in an ambush set up by armed men from the remnants of the regime in the Latakia countryside |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AB%D8%A9-%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86/740909/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Syria HR |language=ar}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|first=Fabrice|last=Balanche|title=La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-8VFQ5WJM0C&q=Hammam+Wasel|publisher=Karthala Editions|year=2006|isbn=2845868189|language=French|author-link=Fabrice Balanche}} {{refend}}

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