Rablah
Village in Homs, Syria
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Rablah (Arabic: ربلة; also spelled Rableh, Ribla or Ribleh) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Just east of the border with Lebanon, nearby localities include al-Nizariyah to the southwest, Zita al-Gharbiyah to the northwest, al-Qusayr to the north, Zira'ah to the northeast and Hisyah to the east. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rableh had a population of 5,328 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Catholics.[2][3][4]
History
It is considered to be the site of the ancient town of Riblah (Numbers 34:11 ), whose tell is covered by a cemetery not far from the modern town.[5][6] In Roman times, the town also bore the name Daphne.[7]
During the 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites and Western Syria clashes, on November 9, 2025 two gunmen atop a motorcycle opened direct fire on Hussein Issa Alloush al-Youssef, a 50-year-old member of the Alawite community, and Fadi Riyad al-Atram, a 35-year-old Syrian Christian, in the town of Rabla. The armed attack left both men critically injured, dying at nearby hospitals after succumbing to their severe wounds.[8]
