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Atarib أتارب
Town
AtaribLocation of Atarib in Syria
Coordinates: 36°08′20″N 36°49′48″E / 36.1389°N 36.83°E / 36.1389; 36.83
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Atarib
Subdistrict	Atarib
Occupation	Syrian Salvation Government
Elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)
Population	10,657
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C1022

Atarib (Arabic: أتارب, romanized: ʾAtārib), also known as Atharib or Athareb, is a town in western Aleppo countryside, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Located 25 kilometres (16 miles) west of the city of Aleppo and 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Reyhanlı in Turkish-administered Hatay Province, it is the regional center of Atarib District. In the 2004 census, the town of Atarib had a population of 10,657.

History

Crusader era

In December 1110, Tancred, Prince of Galilee pounded the walls of Atarib, which forced Seljuq ruler of Aleppo, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, to purchase peace by handling Atarib and Zardana to Tancred, in addition to twenty thousand dinars and ten of best Arab horses.

In August 1119, Ilghazi, joined by Toghtekin and two other Muslim chieftains, captured Atarib following the Battle of Ager Sanguinis. However, Atarib was ceded back to the Crusaders a year later during an internal conflict between Ilghazi and his son Suleiman. Later on, the Zengid leader Imad ad-Din Zengi conquered Kafartab and other fortress cities along the eastern frontier of the Principality of Antioch's territories, such as Atarib, Maarrat al-Numan and Zardana in the spring of 1135. Afterwards, Atarib was briefly captured by Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos during his campaigns in Syria in 1138.

The city was later devastated by the 1138 Aleppo earthquake, then occupied by Muslims.

Modern era

During the Syrian Civil War, Atarib has been a rebel-held town. Anti-Assad regime demonstrations took place in Atarib early in the Syrian revolution, in April 2011. It became a centre for defected officers from the Syrian Arab Army, who would go on to form the nucleus of the Free Syrian Army and specifically its al-Mutasem Bi’ allah brigade. Government forces were forced out in July 2012. In August 2012, it was reported that every building downtown was damaged, with windows blown out, doors peppered with shrapnel and awnings shredded to ribbons. At the center sat the charred shells of the police station and city hall, which troops occupied in February. For months, local rebels attacked their positions and tried to cut their supply lines. By the time the army left in June, the city was destroyed and deserted. Town leaders have formed military and civil councils and opened a prison that holds some 15 people. The army shelled the town daily, keeping residents away. Only about 4,000 residents remained as of August 2012.

It "is known for its history of civil and armed resistance against both the Syrian government and hard-line Islamist groups" and its residents have driven out both ISIL in 2014 and al-Nusra troops in 2015. By November 2013, the town was controlled by ISIL. By early January 2014, clashes were reported between the Islamic Front and ISIS forces in the town. By April 2014, the town was back under rebel control. By June 2014, clashes were reported between the FSA and al-Nusra; about five days later, most of al-Nusra Front withdrew from the towns of Atarib and Sarmada. Al-Nusra attempted to take control of the city in February 2015. During al-Nusra's campaign to eliminate the FSA-affiliated Hazzm Movement, al-Nusra reportedly threatened to besiege Atarib and demanded the surrender of locals who were members of the Hazzm Movement. However, with support from other rebel groups, Atarib resisted al-Nusra control.

In 2017, it came within one of the "de-escalation zones" brokered between Russia, Iran and Turkey, but has been bombed since by government forces, including strikes on the marketplace in November 2017, described by the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria as a possible war crime, the first time it has explicitly implicated Russia in possible war crimes.

The town was severely damaged by the earthquake of 6 February 2023, with hundreds of residents killed or injured.

On 28 November 2024, during the Northwestern Syria offensive, fifteen civilians were killed in a Russian airstrike in the town.

Climate

Atarib has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).

References

1. ^ "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Atarib" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-08. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
2. Runciman 1987, p. 118.
3. Runciman 1987, p. 153.
4. Venning 2015, p. 101.
5. ^ Bombing Civilians at Public Market in Syria’s Atarib, Bellingcat 22 December 2017
6. "Rebels carve out large enclave in north Syria", AP, Aug 11, 2012.
7. حصاد الجزيرة وأخر مستجدات معركة حلب هــ جداـام, Aljazeera, 9/8/2012.
8. Marlin Dick (28 November 2013). "Battles rage around Damascus, jihadists slay rival rebel leader". Daily Star. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
9. Al Qaeda gaat helemaal los in Syrië Dagelijkse Standaard, 4 January 2014
10. ^ Haid Haid Local Community Resistance to Extremist Groups in Syria: Lessons from Atarib Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Chatham House, June 2017
11. Marked for ‘De-escalation,’ Syrian Towns Endure Surge of Attacks, New York Times 18 November 2017
12. Nebehay, Stephanie (2018-03-06). "Russia and U.S. air strikes caused mass civilian deaths in Syria: U.N." U.S. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
13. "Committing new massacre in Al-Atareb | Russian and regime fighter jets execute nearly 60 airstrikes in Idlib and Aleppo countryside". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 28 November 2024.
14. "Climate: Atarib". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved September 6, 2018.

Bibliography

• Runciman, Steven (1987). A History of the Crusades, Volume 2. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521347716.
• Venning, Timothy (2015). A Chronology of the Crusades. Routledge. ISBN 9781317496434.

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• Populated places in Atarib District