Taara () is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Taara had a population of 867 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Christian minority.
Civil war
During the southern Syria clashes in 2025, the Holy Cross Church in the village was robbed, vandalized, and burned by members of the Defence and Interior Ministries, along with armed Bedouin men.https://www.syriahr.com/en/367805/
Demographics In 2011, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church had approximately 200 believers.https://www.melkitepat.org/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Bosra-and-Hauran
Religious buildings Holy Cross Melkite Greek Catholic Churchhttps://www.melkitepat.org/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Metropole-of-Bosra-and-Hauran
See also Druze in Syria Christians in Syria
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