Al-Bakkar
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Al-Bakkar
البكار الغربي Al-Bakkar al-Gharbi | |
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Village | |
  Al-Bakkar | |
| Coordinates: 32°52′41″N 35°54′28″E / 32.87806°N 35.90778°E | |
| PAL | 235/253 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Tasil |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 833 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Bakkar (Arabic: البكار) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bakkar had a population of 833 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
Civil War
On 28 September 2021, Syrian Army units reinforced their positions in several villages of Daraa's countryside after settlement agreements, including in al-Bakkar, where militants, wanted persons, and deserters handed over weapons and had their status regularized.[2][3]
During the Israeli invasion in Syria, the vicinity of al-Bakkar village was among the areas affected.[4]
