Ras al-Ayn, Rif Dimashq Governorate

Ras al-'Ayn (رأس العين) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus. Nearby localities include Yabroud to the northeast, Ras al-Maara to the northwest, and Ma'loula to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,754 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.