Eshtabraq اشتبرق | |
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Village | |
  Eshtabraq Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°47′31″N36°17′43″E / 35.79194°N 36.29528°E /35.79194; 36.29528 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Jisr al-Shughur District |
| Subdistrict | Jisr al-Shughur Nahiyah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,187 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C4198 |
Eshtabraq (Arabic:اشتبرق) is aSyrianvillage inJisr al-Shughur Nahiyah inJisr al-Shughur District,Idlib. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 1,187 in the 2004 census, the majority of whom are Alawites.[1]
On 25 April 2015, a massacre occurred in the village after theal-Qaeda-affiliatedJabhat al-Nusra and itsIslamist allies in the "Army of Conquest" seizedJisr al-Shughour during theirspring offensive that year. They attacked and captured theAlawite village of Eshtabraq and killed over 200 of its residents forcing the remainder to flee.[2][3][4]
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