Iblin | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name: | إبلين |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Idlib |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ariha |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Ihsim |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 2,949 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 35.7161°N 36.5192°W |
Blank Name Sec1: | City Qrya Pcode |
Blank Info Sec1: | 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]
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]