[2][3][4] Nearby localities include Kafr Dibbin (Hamama) to the east, Zarzur, Amud, and Darkush to the northeast, Yakubiyah, Judaida to the west and Jisr al-Shughur to the south.

In January 2013, during the ongoing Syrian civil war, al-Quniyah and the nearby Christian-inhabited villages of al-Yacoubiyah and Judayda were captured by anti-government rebels.

During the last years before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war many inhabitants began to return to live in the village and to invest in the local agricultural economy.

[4] Since 2013, during the civil war, the Jihadist groups active in the area restricted the residents' religious freedoms and most of the properties owned by the Christians were expropriated.

Since 2021, the Syrian Salvation Government led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham has adopted a more inclusive approach, starting a policy of restitution of land, houses and businesses to Christians and encouraging them to return.