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Maarrat Misrin Subdistrict
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Maarrat Misrin Subdistrict
ناحية معرة مصرين Maaret Tamsrin | |
|---|---|
Nahiyah | |
 Location in Idlib Governorate | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Idlib District |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 57,859 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Nahya pcod | SY070005 |
Maarrat Misrin Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية معرة مصرين) is a subdistrict (Arabic: نَاحِيَة, romanized: nahiyah) located in Idlib District in Idlib, Syria. The sub-district itself is also referred to as Maaret Tamsrin.[2] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maarrat Misrin Subdistrict had a population of 57,859 in the 2004 census.[3] The seat of the sub-district is located in the Maarrat Misrin town located south of the nahiya. Significant settlements in the nahiya include Killi, Kafr Aruq, Harbanoush, Maarrat al-Ikhwan, Kaftin, and Kafr Yahmul villages where camp clusters were setup to house internally displaced persons (IDPs) throughout the Syrian Civil War. Additionally, to the east side of the nahiya, 17 large IDP settlements, collectively referred to as of Sheikh Bahr Camps was built, which reportedly came under significant neglect through lack of international aid and natural disasters such as storms and flooding.[4]
List of significant settlements
[edit]Latest census data for Syria was collected in 2004. As the nahiya saw major clashes, flight of asylum seekers, settlement of IDPs and relocation of villages, and the ongoing voluntary returns of refugees, the population numbers are likely to be very inaccurate but nevertheless provide a sense of the settlement sizes before the Syrian Civil War.[5]
| English name | Arabic name | Population | English name | Arabic name | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batenta | باتنته | 1165 | Kaftin | كفتين | 2346 |
| Bhora | بحورى | 1341 | Killi | كللي | 7157 |
| Harbanoush | حرنبوش | 3785 | Maarrat Misrin | معر تمصرين | 17,519 |
| Hazano | حزانو | 2593 | Maarrat al-Ikhwan | معارة الاخوان | 1831 |
| Kafrehmul | الكفر_كفريحمول | 3179 | Murin | مورين | 46 |
| Kafr Jales | كفر جالس | 2770 | Ram Hamdan | رام حمدان | 1774 |
| Kafr Nabi | كفر نبي | 1542 | Taltuneh | تلتونة | 638 |
| Kafriya | كفريا معرتمصرينل | 4404 | Zardana | زردنا_مشهد | 5769 |
Syrian Civil War
[edit]Between late 2012 and early 2013, as part of broader rebel advances in Idlib Governorate, rebel forces under the umbrella of Free Syrian Army took control of almost the entire nahiya. Throughout the later stages of the war, it remained as one of the inner territories under rebel control, governed by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Many IDPs from Aleppo Governorate, as well as the southern governorates, were settled into the nahiya throughout the war.
Kafriya Village, located at the southern boundary of the Nahiya, as a predominantly Shia settlement, uniquely stayed under SAA and loyalist militia control alongside the larger Al-Fu'ah village located in the Binnish Nahiya, staying under siege for three years, signifying the last stronghold of government forces in the Idlib Governorate. On 2018, the residents and militias of the village were evacuated through a deal brokered between Iran and Türkiye in exchange for over 1500 prisoners of war held by SAA.[6] Emptied village was resettled with IDPs from other, predominantly Sunni settlements, resulting in the change in the ethnic composition of the nahiya, making it an almost exclusively Sunni dominated area as opposed to its significant Shia population before the Syrian Civil War.
Other settlements within the district were bombed multiple times by Russia and Syrian Arab Army munitions, resulting in UN reporting war crimes committed against civilians.[7] In 2024, news of inhumane treatment and torture by the governing militant bodies was also reported.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- ^ https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/syria-northwest-maaret-tamsrin-sub-district-idleb-idp-camps-and-informal-sites-flood-susceptibility-and-flood-hazard-assessment-may-2022
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004".
- ^ https://npasyria.com/en/44325/
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004".
- ^ "Syrian Arab Republic — Baseline Assessment — Round 1 (Feb 2025) | Displacement Tracking Matrix". dtm.iom.int. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-dunya-53326299
- ^ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2483796/middle-east
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