Al-Thaalah


Al-Thaalah, is a Syrian village located in the Suwayda District of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, 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, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 15,000 akçe.
In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "the Nukra, east of Al-Shaykh Maskin". 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