Dabiq / Dabık
| town, place with historical importance
Syria /
Hhalab /
Mara /
World
/ Syria
/ Hhalab
/ Mara
, 11 km from center (مارع)
World / Syria / Aleppo
town, place with historical importance
Dabiq is a Turkmen-populated town in northern Syria, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Aleppo and around 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Syria's border with Turkey. It is administratively part of the Akhtarin subdistrict of the Azaz District of Aleppo Governorate. Nearby localities include Mare' to the southwest, Sawran to the northwest, and Akhtarin town to the southeast. In the 2004 census, Dabiq had a population of 3,364.
The town was the site of the battle of Marj Dabiq in 1516, in which the Ottoman Empire decisively defeated the Mamluk Sultanate.
Captured by ISIL on 13 August 2014. In August 2014, ISIL destroyed the tomb of Suleyman bin Abdulmallah after occupying the town. On 16 October 2016, Syrian rebels of Operation Euphrates Shield captured the town from ISIL along with the nearby towns of Sawran and Ahktarin..
The town was the site of the battle of Marj Dabiq in 1516, in which the Ottoman Empire decisively defeated the Mamluk Sultanate.
Captured by ISIL on 13 August 2014. In August 2014, ISIL destroyed the tomb of Suleyman bin Abdulmallah after occupying the town. On 16 October 2016, Syrian rebels of Operation Euphrates Shield captured the town from ISIL along with the nearby towns of Sawran and Ahktarin..
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabiq
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°32'14"N 37°16'1"E
- Reyhanlı 71 km
- Nasirah 179 km
- Al-Minyeh 258 km
- Khan ash-Shih 366 km
- Nawa 419 km
- Hartha 444 km
- Hawara area 461 km
- as-Sareeh 463 km
- Northern almazar 471 km
- As Salt 517 km
- Tel Dabiq 0.4 km
- Dabiq base defensive wall 2 km
- Dabiq military base 2 km
- Cemetery 2.7 km
- Quweiq Plain 3.5 km
- Tel Bahourta 6.1 km
- Bahirta 6.3 km
- Tel 8.6 km
- Aqil mountains (575 m) 20 km
- Operation Euphrates Shield 25 km
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