Al-Majdal () is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Majdal had a population of 3,459 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Christian minority. It is one of the villages located in the Jabal al-Druze region.
History In 1596, the village appeared under the name of " Mujaydil " in the Ottoman tax registers as part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Nasiyya in the qadaa of Hauran. It had a mixed population, consisting of 3 households and 2 batchelors who were Muslim, in addition to 14 households and 7 bachelors who were Christians, in all 26 taxable units. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat (1200 a.), barley (450 a.), summer crops (350 a), goats and beehives (150 a.), in addition to occasional revenues (150 a.); the taxes totalled 2,300 akçe. All of the revenue went to a waqf.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 219
In November 2025, al-Majdal saw heavy fighting during the Southern Syria clashes when Druze National Guard forces repelled a major Syrian caretaker government assault involving drones and heavy weapons, with no confirmed change in control.
Demographics In 2011, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church had approximately 170 believers.
Religious buildings Entry of the Virgin into the Temple Melkite Greek Catholic Church St. John the Baptist Melkite Greek Catholic Church Maqam Dawud (David) (Druze Shrine)
See also Druze in Syria Christians in Syria
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