Deir Sharqi
Deir Sharqi is a village administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Nearby localities include the mantiqah center of Maarrat al-Nu'man to the northwest, Maar Shamshah to the north, Maar Shamarin and Tell Mannas to the northeast, Jarjnaz to the east, al-Tah to the south, Hish to the southwest and Basqala, Hass and Kafr Nabl to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Sharqi had a population of 4,429 in the 2004 census.
Deir Sharqi contains a Byzantine-era church dated to 361 CE. A notable mosaic was found in the building. The village also contains the tombs of Umar II and his wife, Fatima bint Abd al-Malik, which were vandalized during the Syrian Civil War.
