hawsh al-sayyid ali (, also known as hosh al-sayyed ali) is a village in central syria, administratively part of the homs governorate, located southwest of homs and immediately east of the border with lebanon. nearby localities include al-masriyah to the northwest, al-qusayr to the northeast, rablah to the east, al-nizariyah to the south. according to the central bureau of statistics (cbs), hawsh al-sayyid ali had a population of 541 in the 2004 census. its inhabitants are predominantly shia muslims.