Jamla#civilwar

Large stone ruins in the vicinity, including a rectangular-shaped building, attest to the antiquity of the site. The area features basaltic mounds called rujm, some of which rise to an elevation of 24- 30 feet. Atop the rujm are circles and squares up to 10 feet wide carved into the basaltic rock.Schumacher, Oliphant and le Strange, 1889, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/acrossjordanbein00schu#page/74/mode/1up 74] -75

Near Jamla, in the Ruqqad riverbed, lies the archaeological site of Tel ed-Dra', where a fragment depicting a winged deity, possibly Victoria, was discovered in the early 20th century.{{Cite book |last=Syon |first=Danny |title=The First Jewish Revolt: Archaeology, History and Ideology |date=2002 |publisher=Routledge |others=J. Andrew Overman |isbn=978-0-203-16744-1 |editor-last=Berlin |editor-first=Andrea M. |location=Abingdon, Oxon |pages=134–135 |chapter=Gamla: City of refuge |editor-last2=Overman |editor-first2=J. Andrew}} Previously, the site was mistakenly identified as the location of the ancient Jewish town of Gamla, known for its siege during the First Jewish–Roman War, due to the similarity in name. This identification was later refuted when Gamla's true location was discovered elsewhere.

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, Jamla was located in the nahiya of Jawlan Sarqi, Qada of Hawran. It had a population of 7 households and 3 bachelors, all Muslims. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 2,700 akçes.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 198

In the late 19th-century Jamla was described by Gottlieb Schumacher as an impoverished village of 36 hut-like houses and a population of 160 Muslims. Arable land was relatively scarce, although there was significant pasture areas to the south. Figs and vegetables were cultivated by the residents in fields to the north and the southwest. There was an abundant supply of water deriving from the Ain Hamatah spring which fed a stream that flowed around the village and irrigated its crops. The residents owned the property of Tahunat Jamla, a small mill turned by the Wadi Seisun waterfall.Schumacher, Oliphant and le Strange, 1889, p. [https://archive.org/stream/acrossjordanbein00schu#page/101/mode/1up 101]

{{see also|Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)|Daraa insurgency}}

{{anchor|civilwar}}In March 2013, during the Syrian civil war, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade kidnapped 21 Filipino United Nations peacekeepers patrolling the border between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Brigade was reportedly in control of the village itself, but intense clashes were occurring around it.{{cite news|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/afp-20-un-observers-detained-by-syria-fighters-in-golan-un-says|title=Syrian rebels seize 21 UN peacekeepers in Golan|last=AFP|date=6 March 2013|publisher=NOW|access-date=8 March 2013|archive-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019130635/https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/afp-20-un-observers-detained-by-syria-fighters-in-golan-un-says|url-status=dead}} The peacekeepers were accused of cooperating with the Syrian authorities. The rebels demanded that the Syrian Army withdraw from the vicinity of Jamla in return for their release.[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/03/201336171046932274.html Rebels detain UN observers on Syria border]. Al Jazeera English. 2013-03-06. They were freed after several days.Carmela Fonbuena "[https://www.rappler.com/nation/46173-filipino-soldiers-syrian-captors How Pinoy soldiers befriended their Syrian captors]" Rappler 18 December 2013

The town remained under the control of the Brigade. On 15 November 2015, the head of the brigade, Muhammad "Abu Ali" al-Baridi and five others, were killed in a bomb blast in Jamla; Al-Nusra Front claimed responsibility for the attack.{{cite web |url= http://syriadirect.org/news/jabhat-a-nusra-claims-assassination-of-alleged-pro-is-leader-in-daraa-province/ |title=Jabhat a-Nusra claims assassination of alleged pro-IS leader in Daraa province |date=16 November 2015 |work=Syria Direct |access-date=16 November 2015}}The Brigade merged with the ISIL-affiliated Khalid ibn al-Walid Army, and maintained control of the city through 2016 and 2017.Anna Ahronheim "[http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Report-Mortar-shell-lands-on-Israels-Golan-Heights-473771 IAF strikes ISIS-linked cell in Syria after cross-border fire on Golan]" Jerusalem Post November 27, 2016Mohammad Ersan "[https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/syria-southern-front-islamist-factions-threat-jordan.html Extremist expansion in southern Syria puts Jordan on guard]" Al-Monitor March 13, 2017Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters Amman "[https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2017/02/21/ISIS-linked-group-expands-foothold-in-southern-Syria-near-Israel-and-Jordan-.html ISIS-linked group expands foothold in southern Syria near Israel and Jordan]" al-Arabiya Tuesday, 21 February 2017

On 28 July 2018, the Syrian army recaptured Jamla.{{cite news|title=Breaking: Syrian Army liberates several towns in southwest Daraaa|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-army-liberates-several-towns-in-southwest-daraaa/|access-date=28 July 2018|publisher=Al-Masdar News|archive-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621164850/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-army-liberates-several-towns-in-southwest-daraaa/|url-status=dead}}

On 21 June 2022, two Syrian soldiers were killed by an IED explosion on a road near the village.{{cite web|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/256719/|title=Death toll update {{!}} Two regime soldiers killed in IED explosion in Daraa|work=Syrian Observatory for Human Rights|date=21 June 2022}}

In December 2024, during the 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria, the IDF occupied Jamla and Maaraba, and opened fire on Syrian protesters.{{cite web | title=Occupying Israeli forces open fire on Syrians protesting seizure of 2 villages in Daraa province | website=Anadolu Ajansı | date=2024-12-20 | url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/occupying-israeli-forces-open-fire-on-syrians-protesting-seizure-of-2-villages-in-daraa-province/3430418 | access-date=2024-12-20}} It also extrajudicially arrested Syrians.

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• {{cite book

| last1= Hütteroth |first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth

| last2 =Abdulfattah|first2=K. |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah

| title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ

| year = 1977

| publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft

|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}

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| first1 = G.|last1=Schumacher |author-link1=Gottlieb Schumacher

| first2 = L.| last2= Oliphant |author-link2=Laurence Oliphant (author)

|first3 = G.| last3= le Strange |author-link3=Guy Le Strange

| title = Across the Jordan: being an exploration and survey of part of Hauran and Jaulan| year = 1889| publisher = Bentley|url=https://archive.org/details/acrossjordanbein00schu}}

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• [https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8061774,35.8511782,15z Map of the town], Google Maps
• [http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-vn745520-s21k Kafer el Ma-map; 21K]

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Category:Populated places in Daraa District