Balyun ( ar, بليون) is a
Syrian village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
located in
Ihsim Nahiyah
Ihsim Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية إحسم) is a Syrian ''nahiyah
A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or s ...
in
Ariha District,
Idlib. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Balyun had a population of 6,030 in the 2004 census.
Syrian civil war
On 27 February 2020, the Syrian and Russian air forces
struck a Turkish Armed Forces position in Balyun, killing at least 34 Turkish soldiers. Following the
northwestern offensive, the town became mostly deserted, due to heavy aerial bombardment and artillery fire.
References
Populated places in Ariha District
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