Sayyidah Zaynab (Arabic: السيدة زينب, romanized: as-Sayyidah Zaynab; meaning "Lady Zaynab"), commonly known as Sitt Zaynab (Arabic: ست زينب), is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate of Syria, 10 km (6 mi) south of Damascus, the national capital. With a population of 136,427 (2004 census), it is the 10th most populous city in Syria and the most populous satellite city of Damascus. Administratively, the town is located in Markaz Rif Dimashq district and belongs to the nahiyah ("subdistrict") of Babbila.[2] The municipality of Sayyidah Zaynab is still considered as a rural community by the governorate of Rif Dimashq.[3] The city contains the Qabr Essit Palestinian refugee camp.
^"Babbila nahiyah populations". Archived from the original on 3 December 2012.
^General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. (in Arabic)
^"موقع دمشق - "السيدة زينب" مدينة في قرية". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
SayyidahZaynab (Arabic: السيدة زينب, romanized: as-SayyidahZaynab; meaning "Lady Zaynab"), commonly known as Sitt Zaynab (Arabic: ست زينب), is a town...
2016 there was a series of bombings in the mainly Shi'ite town of SayyidahZaynab and attributed to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. On 31 January...
Twelfth Shia imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi. The SayyidahZaynab Mosque in Damascus, Syria contains the tomb of Zaynab bint Ali, the daughter of Ali and Fatimah...
and to which their presence in Syria is ostensibly dedicated, is the SayyidahZaynab Mosque in Damascus. The term "holy shrine defender" refers to advisers...
Her burial place is therefore uncertain, with claims made both for SayyidahZaynab Mosque in the suburbs of Damascus and another mosque at the heart of...
in the IRGC's Quds Force. He was killed by an Israeli airstrike in SayyidahZaynab, Rif-Dimashq, Syria during the Israel–Hamas war. At the time of his...
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(January 2016) 21 February Bombing 134 (+2) 180 SayyidahZaynab, Syria February 2016 SayyidahZaynab bombings: Islamic State militants detonated a car...
and seeing people through their difficulties. Sayyidah Nafisah, Sayyidah Ruqayyah and SayyidahZaynab bint Ali are traditionally considered the patron...
al-Amara-quarter which is near to Umayyad Mosque and Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque, and around SayyidahZaynab Mosque. Another important site is Bab Saghir Cemetery...
militant group announced the deaths of two of its fighters in defense of SayyidahZaynab Mosque in Damascus, and the militia's involvement in the 2015 Southern...
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