Al-Thaalah (, also spelled Al-Tha'lah or Ath-Thaalah), is a Syrian village located in the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Thaalah had a population of 4,569 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.
History In 1596, Al-Thaalah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Ta'la; part of the nahiya of Bani Nasiyya in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 30 households and 12 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat (10500 akçe), barley (2250), summer crops (1500), goats and beehives (500), in addition to "occasional revenues"(250); a total of 15,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 220
In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "the Nukra, east of Al-Shaykh Maskin".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 152 By the end of the nineteenth century, its population had become predominantly Druze.
During the Bedouin–Druze clashes in 2025, Al-Thaalah remained under caretaker government control as one of 34 western villages held by Damascus forces and Bedouin allies.
Religious buildings Maqam al-Khidr (Druze Shrine) Maqam Abel (Druze Shrine)
Notable people Faisal al-Qassem, TV host
See also Druze in Syria
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External links El Karak-map; 21m