Hamada al-Omar

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| official_name = Hamada al-Omar

| native_name = حمادي العمر

| native_name_lang = ar

| settlement_type = Village

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| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Hama

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Salamiyah District

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Uqayribat Subdistrict

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| population_total = 2056

| population_as_of = 2004

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Hamada al-Omar ({{langx|ar|حمادي العمر}}) is a Syrian village located in the Uqayribat Subdistrict of the Salamiyah District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hamada al-Omar had a population of 2,056 in the 2004 census.{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |access-date= 2014-07-10}} Its inhabitants are largely Sunni Muslims whose forebears converted from Ismaili Shia Islam.{{cite web|last1=Mirza|first1=Garib|last2=Al-Khateeb|first2=Humam|title=The Conflict in the Town of Salamiyah A Model for the Formation of ‘Mafias’ in Syria|url=http://drsc-sy.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/The-Conflict-in-the-Town-of-Salamiya-A-Model-for-the-Formation-of-Mafias-in-Syria.pdf|website=www.drsc-sy.org|publisher=Democratic Republic Studies Center|access-date=2016-11-09|date=September 2015}}

Syrian Civil War

{{see also|Syrian civil war}}

On 20 February 2022, 3 Syrian army soldiers loyal to Bashar al-Assad were killed and another was injured after a landmine, planted by ISIL operatives, exploded near the town.{{cite web|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/240216/|title=ISIS resurgence {{!}} Five regime soldiers killed and officer injured in new attacks in Syrian desert|work=Syrian Observatory for Human Rights}}

References

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{{Hama Governorate|salamiyah}}

Category:Populated places in Salamiyah District

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