Deir Shamil (, also spelled Deir el-Shemil) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include Nahr al-Bared to the north, Tell Salhab to the northeast, Jubb Ramlah to the east, al-Laqbah and Deir Mama to the south and Daliyah to the west. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Shamil had a population of 4,537 in the 2004 census.. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.Boulanger, 1841, p. 178.
In the early 1960s it was described as a large village of 600 inhabitants. It contained the remains of an Ottoman-era seraglio.
Syrian Civil War On 23 June 2023, a woman was killed and a number of others were killed after a drone attack on the regime held village by opposition factions.
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