Yakubiyah

Syria / Idlib / Jisr-as-Sugur /
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Yakubiyah (also spelled Yakoubia, Yacoubiyah, Yakoubieh, Yacoubeh or Yaqubiyah) is an Armenian Christian village in Western Idlib governorate. There are Armenian Apostolic as well as Catholic Christians in Yakubiyah, two of the three churches in the village are Armenian Apostolic, one is Catholic.

Most of inhabitants have fled due to the capture of the village by Islamist insurgents.


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Coordinates:   35°55'20"N   36°18'52"E
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