Nearby localities include Jisr al-Shughur 12 kilometers to the north, Qarqur to the northeast, al-Ziyarah to the southeast and Farikah to the south.

The Sarmani were a Germanic family,[2] many of whose members occupied high-ranking offices within the Principality,[3] including Gervais of Sarmania.

[5] Activists stated that the Syrian Army entered with hundreds of soldiers and "cleaned out three villages," including Sirmaniyah.

[7] On 23 April 2015, heavy clashes were reported in the village as part of a rebel campaign to capture Jisr al-Shughur.

On 15 April 2022, a militant of Ansar al-Islam blew himself up in a suicide attack aimed at destroying Syrian army positions near the village.