| Official Name: | Yabroud |
| Other Name: | Jabrud |
| Native Name: | يبرود |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Syria |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Rif Dimashq |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yabroud |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name3: | Yabroud |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2004 census |
| Population Total: | 25,891 |
| Population Metro: | ~50,000 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 33.9667°N 76°W |
| Elevation M: | 1550 |
| Area Code: | 12 |
Yabroud or Yabrud (Arabic: يَبْرُود|Yabrūd) is a city in Syria, located in the Rif Dimashq (i.e. Damascus' countryside) governorate about north of the capital Damascus. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Yabroud had a population of 25,891 in the 2004 census.[1]
The name Yabroud is said to have originated from an Aramaic word meaning "cold"; the city rests upon the Qalamoun Mountains slopes (Anti-Lebanon) at a height of 1,550 m.
The city is known for its ancient caves, most notably the Iskafta cave (where, in 1930, a thirty-year-old German traveller and self-taught archeologist Alfred Rust made many important pre-historical findings),[2] which dates back to a period known as Jabroudian culture, named after Yabroud;[3] and the Yabroud temple, which was once Jupiter Yabroudiss temple but later became "Konstantin and Helena Cathedral". Yabroud is home of the oldest church in Syria.[4] The Natufian archeological site Yabroud III is named for the town of Yabroud.
Yabroud was mentioned in the pottery tablets of Mesopotamia in the 1st century B.C., and Ptolemy's writings in the 2nd century A.D.[5]
In 1838, its inhabitants were Sunni Muslim, Melkite Catholic and Greek Orthodox Christians.[6]
During the Syrian Civil War the city was the center of the Battle of Yabroud in March 2014.