Deir Sunbul, Idlib
Deir Sunbul, Idlib
دير سنبل | |
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Village | |
| Coordinates: 35°41′57″N 36°36′21″E / 35.69917°N 36.60583°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Ariha District |
| Subdistrict | Ihsim Nahiyah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,751 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C4293 |
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.
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.