Bashkun ( ar, باشكون) is a
Syrian
village
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in
Sinjar Nahiyah
Sinjar Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية سنجار) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man District in Idlib
ar, إدلبي, Idlibi
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in
Maarrat al-Nu'man District
Maarat al-Numaan District ( ar-at, منطقة معرة النعمان, manṭiqat Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Maarat al-Numan. At the 2004 census, ...
,
Idlib. Bashkun had a population of 111 in the 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics census.
History
Bashkun was captured by
ISIL
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in early December, 2017.
References
Populated places in Maarat al-Numan District
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