Menagh (, also spelled Manaq or Manq) is a town near

Azaz Azaz () is a city in northwest Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Azaz had a population of 31,623 at the 2004 census.

16 km North of

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in northwestern

Aleppo Governorate Aleppo Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' ) is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the t ...

of northern

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. Administratively part of

Nahiya Azaz Azaz Subdistrict () is a nahiyah, subdistrict of Azaz District in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Azaz. Neighbouring subdistricts are Sawran Subdistrict, Aleppo Governorate, Sawran to the ea ...

, Manaq had a population of 2,128 in the 2004 census. Nearby localities include

Azaz Azaz () is a city in northwest Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Azaz had a population of 31,623 at the 2004 census.

to the north,

Maraanaz Maraanaz () is a village near Azaz in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. Administratively part of Nahiya Azaz, Maaranaz had a population of 959 in the 2004 census. Nearby localities include Azaz to the northeast, Menagh to the sou ...

to the northwest,

Kaljibrin Kaljibrin () is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northeast of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Menagh to the west, Kafr Kalbin and A'zaz to the northwest, Jarez to northeast, Ma ...

to the east and

Tell Rifaat Tell Rifaat (, also spelled Tel Rifaat, Tel Rif'at or Tal Rifaat) is a city in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located roughly north of Aleppo, the city is the administrative center of Nahiya Tell Rifaat. Nearby localities inclu ...

to the south. Menagh is located by the

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connecting

with the

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city of

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, and by the strategic highway 214 to

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. The

Menagh Military Airbase Menagh Air Base (or Minnigh airport, Minakh Air Base) () is a Syrian Air Force installation located south of Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria near the village of Manaq. Menagh Air Base was home to the 4th Flying Training Squadron, equipped with M ...

is situated immediately to the west of the

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 ...

History

During the

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Menagh was a

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station of the

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of Syria. It was known as Minnica at this time.

Syrian Civil War

The

Siege of Menagh Air Base The siege of Menagh Air Base (also spelled ''Menegh'', ''Mannagh'', or ''Minakh'') was an armed confrontation between the Syrian Armed Forces and the Free Syrian Army and aligned Islamist opposition groups during the Syrian civil war. Sieg ...

took place here in 2013. The village was captured by the

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on 9 February 2016. On 1 December 2024, Syrian opposition armed groups under the

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announced that they had taken control of Menagh.

References

{{AleppoSY-geo-stub Towns in Aleppo Governorate