Syrian towns and villages depopulated in the Arab-Israeli conflict

Pre-1967 Syrian towns and villages on the Golan Heights before the Six-Day War

Six-Day War

The Six-Day War , also known as the June War, 1967 Arab-Israeli War, or Third Arab-Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt , Jordan, and Syria...

and Yom Kippur War

Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...

comprised 312 inhabited areas, including 2 towns, 163 villages, and 108 farms. In 1966, the Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

n population of the Golan Heights was estimated at 147,613.
Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

seized about 70% of the Golan Heights in the closing stages of the Six-Day War. Many of these residents fled during the fighting, or were driven out by the Israeli army, and some were evacuated by the Syrian army. A cease-fire line was established and large parts of the region came under Israeli military control, including the town of Quneitra

Quneitra

Quneitra is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria. It is situated in a high valley in the Golan Heights at an elevation of 1,010 metres above sea level...

, about 139 villages and 61 farms. Of these, the Census of Population 1967 conducted by the Israeli Defence Forces listed only eight, including Quneitra. One of the remaining populated villages, Shayta, was partially destroyed in 1967 and a military post built in its place. Between 1971-72 it was destroyed completely, with the remaining population forcibly transferred to Mas'ade

Mas'ade

Mas'ade is a Druze village in the Golan Heights. It covers an area of 11,985 dunams, and has a population of 3,200. It was given the status of a local council in 1982.Near Mas'ade are Lake Ram and Odem Forest....

, another of the populated villages under Israeli control.

The Israeli Head of Surveying and Demolition Supervision for the Golan Heights proposed the demolition of 127 of the unpopulated villages, with about 90 abandoned villages to be demolished shortly after May 15, 1968. The demolitions were carried out by contractors hired for the job. After the demolitions, the lands were given to Israeli settlers. There was an effort to preserve buildings of archaeological significance and buildings useful for the planned Jewish settlements.

After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, parts of the occupied Golan Heights were returned to Syrian control, including Quneitra, which had changed hands several times during the war. According to a United Nations

United Nations

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Special Committee, Israeli forces had deliberately destroyed the city before their 1974 withdrawal.

Depopulated and demolished towns and villages

‘Abbasiya
Abu Foula
Abu Kheit
Ad Dalhamiy
Ad-Darbashiya
Ahmadiyah
‘Ayn Ayshah
‘Ayn Hur
‘Ain al-Qura
‘Ain Fit
‘Ayn Maymun
‘Ain Sa‘d
‘Ayn Qunyah
‘Ayn as Sumsun
‘Ayn Ziwan
Al ‘Al
Al ‘Al
Al ‘Al , is a former Syrian village in the southern Golan heights, on the southern tributary of Wadi es-Samekh. Israel occupied the area during the Six-Day War...
Ad Darbashiyah
Al-‘Amoudiya
Al Arba‘in
Al Baghali
Al Bajjah
Al-Bitmiyya
Al-Beira
Al-‘Eshsha
Al Fahham
Al-Faraj
Al Furn
Al-Ghadhiya
Al Ghassaniyah
Al Hajaf
Al Huwaylizah
Al-Jawkhadar
Al Jumiya
Al Karaz at Tawil
Al Khushniyah
Al-Kursi
Al Ma‘barah
Al Mashta
Al-Mihjar
Al Mughir
Al Mjeihiya
Al Nasriya
Al-Naqib
Al Qadiriyah
Al Qila
Al Qerniyat
Al-Rafeed
Al-Slouqiya al-Gharbiya
Al-Slouqiya al-Sharqiya

Al Tawafiq
Al‘Uyun
Al-Qisbiya
Al-Yahoudiya
Al Yaqusah
Ala Amriya
Ala Draniya
Albutmyia
Albarjeiat
Aldalwa
Alderdara
Alghasaaniya
Aljwess
Alkbash
Al Mansurah
Almen
Almesa’diya
Alqahtaniya
Alqusaiba
Alramtaniya
Alslouqiya
As-Sanabir
As Sindiyanah
As Summaqah
Amert Lferj
Anan Hadid
As Saffuriyah
‘Ayshiyya
Ash-sha’abaniya
‘Azaziyat
Ar Ramthaniyah
At Tariq
Bab al Hawa
Baniyas
Banias
Banias is an archaeological site by the ancient city of Caesarea Philippi, located at the foot of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights...
Basset Aljawkhadar
Batah
Bir al-Shquq
Dabiyah
Dabburah
Dalwa
Dabbousiya
Dair ‘Aziz
Deir mfaddil
Dayr Siras
Derdara
Ein Addisa
Ein Alhamra
Ein Alsumsum

Ein Alziwan
Ein at-Tina
Ein Eisha
Ein Hor
Ein Maimoon
Ein warda
Ein Ziwan
Fahham
Fakhurah
Fiq
Fiq, Syria
Fiq is a former Syrian town administratively belonging to Al Quneitra Governorate, located in the Golan Heights. Residing at an altitude of , the Israeli settlement, kibbutz, Afik was built close by. , Fiq had a population of 2,769 , but has since declined....
Fazarah
Ghzill
Hafar
Haytal
Humma
Husayniyah
‘Illayqa
Jaraba
Jbab al-Mis
Jubbayn
Jirniyya
Jlaybina
Jubata ez-Zeit
Jubata ez-Zeit
Jubata ez-Zeit was a Syrian village situated in the far north of the Golan Heights. According to an Arab resident of a nearby town, it had a population of around 1,500 to 2,000 people prior to the Six-Day War...
Jubet Ra’abana
Jurmaiyn
Juwayzah
Juwayza al-Shamaliya
Kafr Naffakh
Kifr Alma
Kifr ‘Aqab
Kifr Hareb
Khan al Ahmar
Khirbat al Khawkhah
Khisfin
Khokha
Khueikha
Krejz al wawi
Mamwayra
Mishrfawy
Mudiriya
Mumsy
Mashfa‘
Maz Alqunetra
Mazra‘at Barakhta
Mazra um Aliawahin
Mghar Muwaysa
Mughr Shab’a
Muwaysah

Nab
Na‘ran
Nukhaylah
Qadriya
Qafira
Qal' al Qara‘inah
Qara‘na
Qarahta
Qasr Bardawil
Qisrin
Qila‘
Qirz al-Taweel
Qtua sh Ali
Quneitra
Quneitra
Quneitra is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria. It is situated in a high valley in the Golan Heights at an elevation of 1,010 metres above sea level...
Qunna‘ba
Qusaybah al Jadidah
Ramtha
Rasm Balut
Rawiyah
Razzaniya
Rijm al-Yaqousa
Sa‘id
Saffoura
Samaqa
Saraman
Seyar al-Khurfan
Seyar Idyab
Shabba
Shaikh ‘Ali
Shkum
Shqef
Shqeif
Sir Dhi'ab
Sindiyana
Sukayk
Skoufiya
Shayta
Shayta
Shayta, S'heita or Su’heita, was a Syrian village located in the Golan Heights. It was one of only six Syrian villages in the Golan Heights still populated following the Six-Day War. After Israel occupied the area in 1967, Shaytas population census was 176 people, down from 200 in 1960. In 1967,...
Tal ash-Shair
Tannuriyah
Umm al-Dananir
Uweinat jan
Uweinat shm
‘Uyun al Hajal
Wasit
Z‘arta
Zibdin
Za‘urah

External links

Golan Heights and vicinity: October 1994 - CIA map of the Golan Heights, at the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...

, showing abandoned/dismantled Syrian villages.
South Lebanon and Vicinity 1976 - Map from the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

, showing Syrian villages in the Golan Heights from pre-1967 sources.
Southern Lebanon Border Area 1986 - Map from the University of Texas at Austin general libraries map collection, showing Syrian villages in the Golan Heights from pre-1967 sources.

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Depopulated and demolished towns and villages

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