Aqîbê ( of Oqayba, also spelled Aqiba, Akibah or Agiba) is a town in northern

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, administratively part of the

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, located northwest of

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. Nearby localities include Afrin and Baselhaya to the northwest, Ibbin, Deir Jamal and

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to the northeast,

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to the south, Barad to the southwest and Kimar to the west. According to the Rojava Central Bureau of Statistics, Aqîbê had a population of 5600 in the 2015 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2015
According to the Rojava Central Bureau of Statistics. Aleppo Governorate. Aqîbê has been under Kurdish control since March 2013.

Syrian Civil War

On 13 June 2023, 3

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soldiers were killed by a

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drone strike on Syrian military positions in the vicinity of the village.

References

Populated places in Afrin District {{AleppoSY-geo-stub