'Ayn Fit
عين فيت
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Village
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'Ayn Fit in Syria | |
Coordinates: 33°13′26″N 35°42′15″E / 33.22389°N 35.70417°E / 33.22389; 35.70417 | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Quneitra |
District | Quneitra |
Region | Golan Heights |
Founded | 17th century |
Destroyed | 1967 |
Population
(1960s)
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• Total | 1,500 (estimate) |
'Ayn Fit (Arabic: عين فيت), was a Syrian Alawite village situated in the northwestern Golan Heights.[1][2]
'Ayn Fit was established during the early 17th century.[3] The inhabitants were forcibly expelled during the Six Day war and the village was destroyed by Israel.[4] The population before the war was around 1500 people.[3]
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Quneitra District |
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Fiq District |
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Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights |
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Syrian localities in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights |
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Israeli settlements in italics were on the Mandatory Palestine side of the 1923 border. |