Iblin, Syria

Iblin إبلين
Village
Iblin Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°42′58″N 36°31′09″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Idlib
District	Ariha
Subdistrict	Ihsim
Population  (2004)
• Total	2,949
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3
City Qrya Pcode	C4292

Iblin (Arabic: أبلين), also spelled Ibleen, is a village in the Arihah District in the Idlib Governorate in Syria. It is located in the Zawiya Mountain. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Iblin had a population of 2,949 in the 2004 census.^[1]

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war, Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2021), and Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020)

During the Syrian Civil War, the village became occupied by Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Jihadist opposition faction. After the Syrian Army's 'Dawn of Idlib 2' campaign in 2020, the village became situated near the frontline of fighting in the area.

On 10 June 2021, 4 civilians and 9 Tahrir al-Sham fighters were killed in a Syrian army rocket attack on the village. The spokesperson of the military wing of HTS, Abu Khaled al-Shamy and the media coordinator in the HTS military media department, Abu Mosa’ab were both killed.^[2]

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
2. "Death toll update | Deaths rise to 13 due to rocket fire yesterday on Jabal al-Zawiyah • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". 11 June 2021.