It is located in the heart of the Lejah lava plateau, 29 km north west of the city of As-Suwayda.

[1] Dama and neighboring villages are thought to be the place where Saint Paul took refuge after escaping from Damascus.

[citation needed] In 1596 Dama appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as part of the nahiya of Bani Abdullah, in the Hauran Sanjak.

The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives; a total of 12,000 akçe.

It was also the site of some of the last battles in the revolution fought by guerrilla groups led by Emir Adel Arslan.