Iblin ( ar, أبلين), also spelled Ibleen, is a village in the

Arihah District Ariha District ( ar-at, منطقة أريحا, mantiqah, manṭiqat Arīh̨ā) is a Districts of Syria, district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Ariha, Syria, Ariha. At the 2004 census, the dist ...

in the Idlib Governorate in Syria. It is located in the

Zawiya Mountain Mount Zāwiya ( ar, جبل الزاوية, Jabal az-Zāwiyah) or Mount Rīḥā ( ar, جبل ريحا, Jabal Rīḥā) (also in medieval times: Banī-ʻUlaym Mountain ( ar, جبل بني عليم, Jabal Banī-ʻUlaym) is a highland region in Idli ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Iblin had a population of 2,949 in the 2004 census.

Syrian Civil War

During the Syrian Civil War, the village became occupied by

Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) (, transliteration: ', "Organization for the Liberation of the Levant" or "Levant Liberation Committee"), commonly referred to as Tahrir al-Sham, is a Sunni Islamist political and armed organisation involved in the ...

(HTS), a

Jihadist Jihadism is a neologism which is used in reference to "militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West" and "rooted in political Islam."Compare: Appearing earlier in the Pakistani and Indian media, Wes ...

opposition Opposition may refer to: Arts and media * ''Opposition'' (Altars EP), 2011 EP by Christian metalcore band Altars * The Opposition (band), a London post-punk band * '' The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', a late-night television series on Com ...

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

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.

References

Populated places in Ariha District Villages in Idlib Governorate {{IdlibSY-geo-stub