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, administratively part of the

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, located northwest of

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along the western banks on the

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in Zawiya Mountain.Syrian soldiers storm towns near Turkish border
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''. Published in ''Stuff New Zealand''. 2011-09-15. Nearby localities include Shughur Fawqani to the southwest, Jisr al-Shughur 10 kilometers to the south, Bishlamun to the southeast, Kafr Dibbin to the northeast, Yacoubiyah and al-Qunaya to the north, and Maland to the northwest. It is located close to the Syria–Turkey border. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Janudiyah had a population of 5,295 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
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'' which consists of 13 localities with a combined population of 19,642. The town's inhabitants are predominantly

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Sunni Muslims.Syria rebels tighten noose around key Idlib city
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''. 2013-02-05. Al-Janudiya contains ancient pottery resembling that of the Amuq region. The geology of the site is marked by soft

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Syrian civil war

During a Syrian Army operation against opposition rebels in Jisr al-Shughur, on 15 June 2011, al-Janudiyah was surrounded by Syrian troops. On 5 September, after clashing with army deserters fleeing towards the nearby border with Turkey, armor-backed Syrian troops entered al-Janudiyah, according to witnesses. Later, on 15 September, a boy was reportedly killed by security forces during an anti-government demonstration in the town, according to opposition activists. Clashes in al-Janudiyah on 11 March left three Syrian Army soldiers and one civilian dead according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. On 1 April a Syrian Army convoy was assaulted by defectors resulting in the deaths of four soldiers and the injuring of eleven others.Wrap-Up 4-Syria's "friends" try to twist screw on Assad
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''. 2012-04-01. In the first days of February 2013, Syrian opposition rebels captured al-Janudiyah and nearby Yakubiyah located on the border with

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