Hbit
Hbit الهبيط | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Hbit Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°26′24″N 36°32′12″E / 35.44000°N 36.53667°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Maarrat al-Nu'man |
| Subdistrict | Khan Shaykhun |
| 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 town 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 and killed 11 children. On 3 April 2017, the HQ was targeted with guided missiles fired from two Russian Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft.[2] According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the children Ahmad and Mariam Abdulla al-Abood were killed by missiles fired from Russian aircraft.[3] 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 but was hoax. 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.[4][5] On 11 August 2019, the Syrian army recaptured the town.[6]
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "In Video: Russia jets pummel jihadi rebels in Syria's Idlib". Al-Masdar News. 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Regime helicopters drop two Chlorine barrels on Hubait town in Idlib". Zaman Al Wasl. 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Within the framework of its siege for the major towns of the northern countryside of Hama and Khan Shaykhun city, the regime forces achieve their most important progress south Idlib since the 30th of April by controlling al-Hbit town". SOHR. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
