Lahithah () is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Lahithah had a population of 2,225 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.

History In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, el-Metuny, situated "in the Luhf, east of the Lejah, i.e. in Wady el-Liwa".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155

During the Bedouin–Druze clashes in 2025, Lahithah remained under the Syrian transitional government and its Bedouin allies.

See also Druze in Syria

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