Qalamoun Mountains Explained

The Qalamoun Mountains (Arabic: جبال القلمون|Jabāl al-Qalamūn) are the northeastern portion of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, and they are northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus. They run from Barada River Valley in the southwest to the city of Hisyah in the northeast.

Western Qalamoun

The Qalamoun Mountains are home to many cities such as:

• Homs District
  • Bureij
  • Hisyah
• Al-Tall District
  • Al-Tall
  • al-Dreij
  • Halboun
  • Maaraba
  • Maarat Saidnaya
  • Maarounah
  • Manin
  • Rankous
  • Saidnaya
  • Talfita

• Yabroud District
  • Yabroud
  • Assal al-Ward
  • Bakhah
  • Ras al-Maara
• An-Nabek District
  • al-Jarajir
  • Al-Nabek
  • Deir Atiyah
  • Flita
  • Qara
  • al-Qastal
  • Al-Sahel
• Al-Qutayfah District
  • Ain al-Tinah
  • Jubb'adin
  • Maaloula

The peak of the Qalamoun Mountains host the Cherubim Monastery at Saidnaya.^[1]

Eastern Qalamoun

Some of the cities located on the eastern part are:

• Al-Qutayfah District
  • al-Naseriyah
  • Al-Qutayfah
  • Al-Ruhaybah
  • Jayrud
  • Muadamiyat al-Qalamoun
• Douma District
  • al-Dumayr

See also

• Battle of Qalamoun (2013)
• Qalamoun offensive (June–August 2014)
• Qalamoun offensive (May–June 2015)
• Qalamoun offensive (July–August 2017)
• Evacuation of rebels from eastern Qalamoun

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cherubim Monastery in Saidnaya… a Historical Tale Nestled in the Peaks of Eastern Qalamoun Mountains. SANA. 2 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130515041003/http://sana.sy/eng/33/2012/09/17/442055.htm. 15 May 2013.