Maarbalit ( also spelt Ma'rablit or Maarablit) is a

Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

located in Ariha Nahiyah in

Ariha District Ariha District () is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administr ...

Idlib Idlib (, ; also spelt Idleb or Edlib) is a city in northwestern Syria, and is the capital of the Idlib Governorate. It has an elevation of nearly above sea level, and is southwest of Aleppo. It is located near the border with Turkey. History ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maarbalit had a population of 2178 in the 2004 census.

Syrian Civil War

In February of 2018, the Syrian Liberation Front reportedly captured the town from

Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) was a Sunni Islamist political organisation and paramilitary group involved in the Syrian civil war. It was formed on 28January 2017 as a merger between several armed groups: Jaysh al-Ahrar (an Ahrar al-Sham facti ...

. At least 1 person was killed and 4 wounded in an artillery strike on Maarbalit that occurred on April 25th 2023. Government forces shelled the village on August 1st 2023, killed a four year old boy. Many people were displaced over the course of the conflict, though about 200 residents are said to have returned to the village in August 2023.

References

Populated places in Ariha District {{IdlibSY-geo-stub