Deir Sunbul, Idlib
Deir Sunbul, Idlib (Arabic: دير سنبل) is a Syrian village located in Ihsim Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Deir Sunbul, Idlib had a population of 1751 in the 2004 census.
Byzantine villa photographed in 1996 by Frank Kidner
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During the Syrian civil war, Deir Sunbul was occupied by Al Nusra and then Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Al-Qaeda linked group, which destroyed a 5th or 6th century Byzantine villa in the archaeological site of Deir Sunbul on 5 October 2017.
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2015-12-09.
- ^ "Incident Report Feature: Deir Sunbul (Der Sambil) Village". ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "L'Oeuvre d'Orient". Archived from the original on 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
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