Maardis

Maardis (Arabic: معردس, romanized: Maʿardas; also transliterated Ma'ardas) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Suran Subdistrict of Hama District, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) north of Hama.

It lies in close proximity to the mountain of Jabal Zayn al-Abidin and the hill and spring of Tell Abbada.

[1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maardis had a population of 6,750 in the 2004 census.

[4] The inhabitants of Maardis sold or 'ceded' much of their lands to the urban notables of Hama in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.

[1] On 30 November 2024 during the Hama offensive, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebels captured the city from the Syrian Army but were repulsed not long afterward.