Hbit

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| native_name = الهبيط

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| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Idlib

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Maarrat al-Nu'man

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| subdivision_name3 = Khan Shaykhun

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| population_total = 10144

| population_as_of = 2004

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Hbit ({{langx|ar|الهبيط}}, sometimes spelled Hobait, al-Hubait or al-Habit) is a Syrian town located in Khan Shaykhun Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Hbit had a population of 10,144 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}} Nearby localities include Kafr Nabudah to the west, Khan Shaykhun to the east and Kafr Zita and Al-Lataminah to the southeast.

History

=Syrian Civil War=

According to Al-Masdar News, the al-Qaeda-linked Tahrir al-Sham group had a headquarter in the village and killed 11 children. On 3 April 2017, the HQ was targeted with guided missiles fired from two Russian Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft.{{cite news|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/video-russia-jets-pummel-jihadi-rebels-syrias-idlib/|title=In Video: Russia jets pummel jihadi rebels in Syria’s Idlib|publisher=Al-Masdar News|date=3 April 2017|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626032117/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/video-russia-jets-pummel-jihadi-rebels-syrias-idlib/|url-status=dead}} According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the children Ahmad and Mariam Abdulla al-Abood were killed by missiles fired from Russian aircraft.{{cite web|url=http://sn4hr.org/blog/2017/04/04/children-killed-suspected-russian-forces-shelling-al-habeit-village-idlib-governorate-april-3/|title=Children killed in suspected Russian forces shelling on al Habeit village in Idlib governorate on April 3|publisher=Syrian Network for Human Rights|date=4 April 2017|access-date=9 May 2017|archive-date=18 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018121712/http://sn4hr.org/blog/2017/04/04/children-killed-suspected-russian-forces-shelling-al-habeit-village-idlib-governorate-april-3/|url-status=dead}} In the evening, Mohamed Rashid, a spokesman for the FSA-affiliated Jaysh al-Nasr ("Army of Victory") said, the "Assad regime conducted a chlorine attack" on the village but was hoax. Local activists said, "regime helicopters" dropped two containers of toxic gas on the village, killing "two children from the same family" and injured 20 more.{{cite web|title=Syrian regime continues to use chlorine gas in Idlib|publisher=Anadolu Agency|date=3 April 2017 |url=http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/syrian-regime-continues-to-use-chlorine-gas-in-idlib/787205|access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404031359/http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/syrian-regime-continues-to-use-chlorine-gas-in-idlib/787205|archive-date=4 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/24912.html|title=Regime helicopters drop two Chlorine barrels on Hubait town in Idlib|date=4 April 2017|publisher=Zaman Al Wasl}}

On 11 August 2019, the Syrian army recaptured the town.{{Cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=137341|title=Within the framework of its siege for the major towns of the northern countryside of Hama and Khan Shaykhun city, the regime forces achieve their most important progress south Idlib since the 30th of April by controlling al-Hbit town|date=2019-08-11|website=SOHR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-11}}

References

Category:Populated places in Maarat al-Numan District