Ariqah (Arabic: عريقة, romanized: ʿArīqa), formerly known as Ahira, is a village in southern Syria with a population of about 3,000.

Ariqah is known for its volcanic cave which is located in a 10 meters deep hollow in the centre of the village.

[citation needed] In 1596 Al-Ariqah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as 'Ahiri and was part of the nahiya of Bani Abdullah in the Hauran Sanjak.

The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives and a water mill; a total of 6,500 akçe.

[1] In 1838, it was noted as Ahiry, a Druze and Catholic village, situated "in the Lejah, south of Dama".