Deir Shamil

Deir Shamil (Arabic: دير شميل, also spelled Deir el-Shemil) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama.

Nearby localities include Nahr al-Bared to the north, Tell Salhab to the northeast, Jubb Ramlah to the east, al-Laqbah and Deir Mama to the south and Daliyah to the west.

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Shamil had a population of 4,537 in the 2004 census.

[2] In the early 1960s it was described as a large village of 600 inhabitants.

[2] On 23 June 2023, a woman was killed and a number of others were killed after a drone attack on the regime held village by opposition factions.