Maarbalit
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Maarbalit
| native_name = معربليت
| 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|27|N|36|39|45|E|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 = Ariha District
| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict
| subdivision_name3 = Ariha Nahiyah
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 2178
| population_as_of = 2004
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
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| utc_offset_DST = +3
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Maarbalit ({{langx|ar|معربليت}} also spelt Ma'rablit or Maarablit) is a Syrian village located in Ariha Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maarbalit had a population of 2178 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
In February of 2018, the Syrian Liberation Front reportedly captured the town from Tahrir al-Sham.{{Cite web |last=al-Khair |first=Waleed Abu |title=Tahrir al-Sham battles new alliance in Idlib, Aleppo |url=https://diyaruna.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_di/features/2018/02/22/feature-02 |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=Diyaruna}} At least 1 person was killed and 4 wounded in an artillery strike on Maarbalit that occurred on April 25th 2023.{{Cite web |title=Conduct of Hostilities Incidents and Intensity in Syrian Arab Republic (January to June 2023) |url=https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/coisyria/oralupdateseptember2023/4649R2_Conduct-Hostilities-Incident-Intensity-SyrianArabRepublic_Jan-Jun_2023Jul.pdf |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=OHCHR}} Government forces shelled the village on August 1st 2023, killed a four year old boy.{{Cite web |title=Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic |url=https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session55/A_HRC_55_64_EN.pdf |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=OHCHR}} Many people were displaced over the course of the conflict, though about 200 residents are said to have returned to the village in August 2023.{{Cite web |title=Syrian Arab Republic: IDP Spontaneous Returns (August 2023) [EN/AR/TR] |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/syrian-arab-republic-idp-spontaneous-returns-august-2023-enartr |website=reliefweb}}
References
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{{Idlib Governorate|Ariha}}
Category:Populated places in Ariha District
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