Milaja ( ar, الملاجة) 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

Kafr Nabl Nahiyah Kafr Nabl Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية كفرنبل) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man District in Idlib ar, إدلبي, Idlibi , coordinates = , elevation_m = 500 , ...

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. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Milaja had a population of 486 in the 2004 census.

Syrian civil war

On 26 August 2023, a battle began in the outskirts of the village after Ansar al-Tawhid detonated a tunnel bomb, killing 11 soldiers of the

Syrian Arab Army " (''Guardians of the Homeland'') , colors = * Service uniform: Khaki, Olive * Combat uniform: Green, Black, Khaki , anniversaries = August 1st , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = 1948 Arab–Israeli War Six-D ...

References

Populated places in Maarat al-Numan District {{IdlibSY-geo-stub