Kafr Aqid
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Kafr Aqid
كفر عقيد | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kafr Aqid Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°3′38″N 36°26′31″E / 35.06056°N 36.44194°E / 35.06056; 36.44194 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Masyaf |
| Subdistrict | Masyaf |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,373 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3365 |
Kafr Aqid (Arabic: كفر عقيد) is a Syrian village located in the Masyaf Subdistrict in Masyaf District, located west of Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Aqid had a population of 1,373 in the 2004 census.[1]
Archaeological finds include a late 2nd- or early 3rd-century hypogeum with remains of frescoes.[2]
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, on 17 August 2025 members of the General Security Service forcibly displaced the village's residents, not allowing them to take their personal property and money. The General Security Service then told the displaced residents that the village was now theirs, and that the former residents no longer had a right to their homes and land in the village.[3] The homes in the city have since been completely looted and are now occupied by members of the General Security Service.[4]
References
- ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ↑ Newson, Paul (2025). Imperialism and Appropriation in Rural Roman Syria. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-003-44140-3.
- ↑ تهجير قسري.. قوات الأمن تُخلي قرية كفر عقيد بريف حماة وتمنع الأهالي من أخذ ممتلكاتهم [Forced displacement.. Security forces evacuate Kafr Aqid village in the Hama countryside and prevent residents from taking their belongings.]. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 17 Aug 2025. Retrieved 20 Aug 2025.
- ↑ Ibrahim, Lamia (20 August 2025). مسلسل التهجير القسري يتمدّد: قرى سهل الغاب تنطفئ بصمت [The series of forced displacements continues: The villages of the al-Ghab plain are being silently extinguished]. Al Akhbar (Lebanon). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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