Barzeh, Syria

Barzeh or Barza (Arabic: بَرْزَة, romanized: Barzah, also transliterated Berzé) is a municipality and a neighborhood to the north of Damascus, Syria.

[3][5] On 1 April 2015, the rebels (Jaish al-Islam and the Free Syrian Army's First Brigade) launched a military campaign to expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from the Barzeh and Qaboun neighborhoods,[6][7] which ended in success three days later.

[8] On 8 February 2016, an IS car bomb targeting a government officer's club killed eight people in Masakin Barzeh.

[10] But on the night of Dec 7 and early hours of Dec 8, 2024, amid the lightning 2024 Syrian opposition offensives, some residents claimed Syrian rebels(or their recon units) already gained a foothold in Barzeh during the ongoing Battle of Damascus.

[11] The Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology has its main campus in the Hameesh area[12] of Barzeh.