Tallbīsah

Talbiseh is located to the north of Homs in Syria on the international road that crosses Syria from north to south. It is the ancient caravan route. Talbiseh is about 10 km from Rastan. The swamps surrounded it on three sides: south, west and north. The caravan route moved away from it to the west by about 200 meters, avoiding the wide swamps. In some rainy years, pools of water formed west of the road in the form of a shallow lake. This meant that the caravans were crossing a narrow road similar to a strait, which tempted thieves and bandits to raid the caravans, rob and plunder them, and flee.This is what prompted some of them to call the hill “Thief Hill” which was completely empty of people.[1]