Country Syria District Homs Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 11,064 (2004) | Governorate Homs Subdistrict Mahin Local time Saturday 9:39 AM | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 56% Humidity | ||
Mahin or Mheen (Arabic: مهين) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, south of Homs. It is situated on an oasis in the Syrian Desert, between Sadad to the west and al-Qaryatayn to the east, adjacent to the ancient village of Huwwarin. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Mahin had a population of 11,064 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
Map of Mheen, Syria
In mid-late 2015, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captured Mahin. The city was regained by the Syrian Army the 29 December 2015.
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Mahin, Syria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA