Al-Hamah

Al-Hamah (, al-hāmah; spelt al-Hameh an aw) is a sma veelage in Sirie wast o Damascus on the Barada river. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, al-Hamah haed a population o 10,045 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Govrenorate.  The toun wis the target o repeatit raids an attacks bi the Israeli militarhttp://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4116, especially prior tae the destruction o an early PLO trainin camp locatit on the toun's ootskirts. Ane o the mair notable attacks occurred durin the 1973 Arab-Israeli War; whare Israeli fechter jets attackit a pouer plant that wis in the middle o the toun, destroyin it completely an killin 87 fowk.

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