Arzah

Arzah ; also spelled Arze or Arzeh; also known as al-Arzah al-Dabaa
is a Syrian village located in the Subdistrict of the Hama District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Arzah had a population of 1,280 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants were predominantly Alawites.
10–12 Arzah villagers were killed in a sectarian massacre in February 2025 by Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah.
The village was subjected to another massacre in March 2025. As a result of this massacre, the native Alawite population of the village was expelled, and it has now been settled by Sunnis from the nearby town of Khattab.