Al-Nasirah, Syria
Al-Nasirah is a small Christian town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located west of Homs. Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, Marmarita and Ayn al-Bardah to the west, Zweitina to the southwest, al-Husn to the south, al-Huwash and al-Mazinah to the southeast, Shin to the east, Muqlus to the northeast, Hadeih and Mashta al-Helu to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Nasirah had a population of 835 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Nasirah nahiyah which consisted of 20 localities with a collective population of 16,678 in 2004. The subdistrict largely occupies an area known as Wadi al-Nasara The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians. The village has a Greek Orthodox Church.
Lady of the Valley, located in Wadi al-Nasara, is one of the Marian shrines in the Middle East.