Areimeh
Sign in to saveAreimeh () is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus District of the Tartus Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Areimeh had a population of 507 in the 2004 census. It is the site of the medieval fortress of Arima.
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Areimeh () is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus District of the Tartus Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Areimeh had a population of 507 in the 2004 census. It is the site of the medieval fortress of Arima.
==Fortress== ===Description=== Arima is southeast of Tartus. It is situated on an oval hilltop, above sea level, in the northern Akkar Plain, below the Jabal Ansariyah mountains. The hill slopes steeply on its north and south to the tributaries of Nahr al-Abrash.
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