Rael, Syria

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Rael

| native_name = راعل

| native_name_lang = ar

| type = Town

| pushpin_map = Syria

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of in Syria

| coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

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

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Aleppo

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Azaz

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name3 = Sawran

| parts_type = Control

| parts_style = para

| p1 = {{TUR}}
{{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} Syrian Interim Government

| elevation_m = 462

| population = 1750

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_as_of = 2004

| population_footnotes = {{#tag:ref|{{cite web |title=2004 Census Data for Nahiya Sawran, Aleppo Governorate|url=http://www.cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB02-27-2004.htm |publisher=Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics |language=ar }} Also available in English: {{cite web |author=UN OCHA |title=2004 Census Data |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/syrian-arab-republic-other-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 |publisher=Humanitarian Data Exchange }}|name=census2004}}

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| geocode = C1665

| website =

| official_name =

}}

Rael ({{langx|ar|راعل|Rā'aīl}}), also spelled Ra'il, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located halfway between Azaz and al-Rai, some {{convert|40|km|mi}} north of the city of Aleppo and {{cvt|8|km|mi}} south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis, the village administratively belongs to Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Ihtaimlat {{cvt|3|km|mi}} to the south and Dabiq {{cvt|5|km|mi}} to the south. In the 2004 census, Rael had a population of 1,750. The village is inhabited by Turkmen.{{cite report |author= |date=14 November 2011 |title=Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri |url=http://www.orsam.org.tr/tr/trUploads/Yazilar/Dosyalar/2013320_83t.pdf |publisher=ORSAM |page=13 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151005153702/http://www.orsam.org.tr/tr/trUploads/Yazilar/Dosyalar/2013320_83t.pdf|docket= |access-date=14 April 2023 |archive-date= 2015-10-05|lang=tr}} Traveler Martin Hartmann noted the village as a Turkish village in late 19th century.{{cite book |last1=Hartmann |first1=Martin |title=Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket |date=1894 |publisher=W. Pormetter |location=Berlin |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GFRKAAAAYAAJ&dq=martin+hartmann+das+liwa+haleb&pg=PA1 |access-date=30 November 2022}}