Maliha al-Atash (Arabic: مليحة العطش, also spelled Melihet el-Atash, Melihet al-Hariri or Maliha al-Shamaliyya) is a village in southern Syria, part of the Daraa Governorate situated in the Hauran plain.
[2] Nearby localities include Izra to the northwest, Busra al-Harir to the northeast, Nahitah and al-Maliha al-Gharbiya to the southeast, al-Hirak to the south, al-Surah to the southwest, Namer and Qarfa to the west.
In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Maliha al-Atash had a population of 3,150.
The entire population belongs to the Hariri tribe, present across the southern Hauran plain, mainly from its Shawali clan.
The village's economy is agircultural and the main crops are grains, vegetables, olives and grapes.