Hbit

Hbit
الهبيط
Village
Hbit
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°26′24″N 36°32′12″E / 35.44000°N 36.53667°E / 35.44000; 36.53667Coordinates: 35°26′24″N 36°32′12″E / 35.44000°N 36.53667°E / 35.44000; 36.53667
Country  Syria
Governorate Idlib
District Maarrat al-Nu'man District
Subdistrict Khan Shaykhun Nahiyah
Population (2004)
 • Total 10,144
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode C3989

Hbit (Arabic: الهبيط‎, sometimes spelled Hobait, al-Hubait or al-Habit) is a Syrian village located in Khan Shaykhun Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hbit had a population of 10,144 in the 2004 census.[1] Nearby localities include Kafr Nabudah to the west, Khan Shaykhun to the east and Kafr Zita and Al-Lataminah to the southeast.

History

Syrian Civil War

According to Al-Masdar News, the al-Qaeda-linked Tahrir al-Sham group had a headquarter in the village. On 3 April 2017, the HQ was targeted with guided missiles fired from two Russian Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft.[2][3] According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the children Ahmad and Mariam Abdulla al-Abood were killed by missiles fired from Russian aircraft.[4] In the evening, Mohamed Rashid, a spokesman for the FSA-affiliated Jaysh al-Nasr (“Army of Victory”) said, the "Assad regime conducted a chlorine attack" on the village. Local activists said, "regime helicopters" dropped two containers of toxic gas on the village, killing "two children from the same family" and injured 20 more.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  2. ↑ "Vídeo: Cazas rusos golpean las posiciones terroristas en Idlib". HispanTV. 4 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "In Video: Russia jets pummel jihadi rebels in Syria's Idlib". Al-Masdar News. 3 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Children killed in suspected Russian forces shelling on al Habeit village in Idlib governorate on April 3". Syrian Network for Human Rights. 4 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Syrian regime continues to use chlorine gas in Idlib". Anadolu Agency. 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Regime helicopters drop two Chlorine barrels on Hubait town in Idlib". Zaman Al Wasl. 4 April 2017.


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