Place:Idlib, Syria

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NameIdlib
Alt namesIdlibsource: wikipedia
Idlib governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates35.95°N 36.633°E
Located inSyria
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ad-Dānā
Arīḥā
Darkūsh
Hawwa
Idlib
Jisr ash Shugūr
Kafr Takhārīm
Khān Shaykhūn
Kufayr
Kūrīn
Maʿarrat Miṣīn
Maʿarrat an Nuʿmān
Qalb Lawzah
Salqīn
Sarāqib
Ḥārim
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Idlib Governorate ( / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Idlib) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in northwestern Syria, bordering Turkey's Hatay province to the north, Aleppo Governorate to the east, Hama Governorate to the south, and Latakia Governorate to the west. Reports of its area vary, depending on the source, from 5,933 km2 to 6,097 km2. The provincial capital is Idlib.

In 2011, the governorate was taken over by Syrian rebel militias in the context of the Syrian civil war. In 2017, the governorate came under the nominal control of the Syrian Salvation Government, with Tahrir al-Sham becoming the dominant militia in the region. The governorate saw intense fighting in the 2019 Northwestern Syria offensive and subsequent 2020 offensive, as Syrian government forces advanced deep into rebel territory; by 8 February, only a little more than half of the governorate's territory was reported to still be under rebel control. The remainder of rebel-held territory is dubbed by publications such as Reuters, the BBC and Agence France-Presse as Syria's "last rebel stronghold". Idlib is a governorate.

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