Abu Dali, Idlib

Abu Dali, Idlib
أبو دالي
Villagena
Abu Dali, Idlib
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°27′N 36°54′E / 35.45°N 36.9°E / 35.45; 36.9Coordinates: 35°27′N 36°54′E / 35.45°N 36.9°E / 35.45; 36.9
Country  Syria
Governorate Idlib
District Maarrat al-Nu'man District
Subdistrict Al-Tamanah Nahiyah
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,168
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode C4093

Abu Dali, Idlib (Arabic: أبو دالي‎) is a Syrian village located in Al-Tamanah Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Abu Dali had a population of 1168 in the 2004 census.[1]

During the Syrian Civil War, it was controlled by tribal leaders loyal to the government.[2] It did not see much violence in the first years of the war, and had functioned as a local economic hub between rebel-run areas and those under government forces.[2][3] A National Defence Forces (pro-government militia) garrison was located there from 2014.[2] The garrison was besieged by Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces in October 2017.[4][3] The attack, filmed by HTS, shows a unit of hundred soldiers, few motos, vehicles and tanks, overrunning the local defense.[5] The attack sparked a protracted ground battle between the government and HTS, with government and Russian warplanes attacking HTS targets in the area.[4] The Syrian Army recaptured it in late December 2017.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Abu Dali “a free zone” between the opposition and the regime… a Syrian deputy facilitates operations, Enab Baladi 29/06/2016
  3. 1 2 Syrian forces enter one of Islamic State group's last strongholds, France24, 6 October 2017
  4. 1 2 The state of Syria’s northwest, Syria Direct, 28 November 2017
  5. ↑ Tomson, Chris (9 October 2017), VIDEO: Al-Qaeda captures scores of Syrian Army vehicles amid battle for Abu Dali, Al-Masdar News
  6. ↑ "Syrian Army captures strategic town in southeast Idlib". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2017-12-30.


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