Shayrat (Template:Lang-ar, also spelled Sha'irat) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southeast of Homs on the western fringes of the Syrian Desert. Nearby localities include Dardaghan to the west, al-Manzul and al-Riqama to the northwest, Sadad to the south and al-Hamrat to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shayrat had a population of 1,443 in the 2004 census.[1] Shayrat had been classified as an abandoned village or khirba by English scholar Eli Smith in 1838.[2]
Shayrat
الشعيرات Sha'irat | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Shayrat Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°29′34″N 36°56′47″E / 34.49278°N 36.94639°E | |
| Country | |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Al-Riqama |
| Population (April 7, 2017) | |
• Total | 0 |
Shayrat is near a Syrian Air Force base and airfield with the same name.[3]
On 7 April 2017, USS Ross and USS Porter fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at Shayrat airfield in response to a suspected chemical attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province. The attack on Khan Sheikhoun is believed to have been launched from Shayrat.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. Template:Ar icon
- ^ Smith, 1841, p. 175.
- ^ Syrian Airfields. Global Security.
- ^ "Syria war: US launches missile strikes in response to chemical 'attack'". BBC News. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ^ Phipps, Claire (2017-04-06). "Donald Trump launches 60 missiles in US strike after Syria chemical attack – live". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ^ Barbara Starr and Jeremy Diamond. "Trump launches military strike against Syria". CNN. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
Bibliography
- Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.
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