Dadikh

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| official_name = Dadikh

| native_name = داديخ

| native_name_lang = ar

| settlement_type = Village

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| pushpin_map = Syria

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Syria

| coordinates = {{coord|35|48|1|N|36|43|50|E|region:SY|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Idlib

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Idlib District

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Saraqib Nahiyah

| parts_type = Control

| parts_style = para

| p1 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Syrian_Salvation_Government.svg}} Syrian Salvation Government (Tahrir al-Sham){{cite news |title=During three days of battles {{!}} Number of casualties among civilians and combatants rise to 287 |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/350178/ |access-date=29 November 2024 |publisher=SOHR |date=29 November 2024 }}

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| population_total = 2674

| population_as_of = 2004

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Dadikh ({{langx|ar|داديخ}}) is a Syrian village located in Saraqib Nahiyah in Idlib District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Dadikh had a population of 2674 in the 2004 census.{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |access-date= 2015-12-09}}

Syrian Civil War

{{see also|Syrian civil war}}

Following the 'Dawn of Idlib 2' campaign, Dadikh became a part of the heavily contested Idlib frontline between Syrian military and Jihadist forces.

On 9 April 2022, two Syrian Army soldiers, including a captain, were killed in the village after HTS forces launched a sniping operation in the area.{{cite web|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/246550/|title=Idlib {{!}} Regime officer and soldier killed by Tahrir Al-Sham sniper|work=Syrian Observatory for Human Rights|date=10 April 2022}}

On 11 December 2022, HTS militants launched an Inghimasi attack on a Syrian Army position on the outskirts of the village, killing at least 2 Syrian soldiers. The military position was blown up and destroyed during the attack.{{Cite web|title=MUNJEVIT UPAD EKSTREMISTA: Kamera sve snimila, ubijena i ranjena 24 vojnika! Zastrašujući kadrovi sa ratišta (FOTO)|url=https://www.sd.rs/vesti/sirija/munjevit-upad-ekstremista-kamera-sve-snimila-ubijena-i-ranjena-24-vojnika-zastrasujuci-kadrovi-sa-2022-12-11|date= 11 December 2022|website=Srbija Danas}}

On 28 November 2024, HTS rebels captured the village from the Syrian Army.

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{{Idlib Governorate|Idlib}}

Category:Populated places in Idlib District

Category:Villages in Idlib Governorate

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