Eshtabraq

Eshtabraq
اشتبرق
Village
Eshtabraq is located in Syria
Eshtabraq
Eshtabraq
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°47′31″N 36°17′43″E / 35.79194°N 36.29528°E / 35.79194; 36.29528
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib
DistrictJisr al-Shughur District
SubdistrictJisr al-Shughur Nahiyah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total1,187
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC4198

Eshtabraq (Arabic: اشتبرق) is a Syrian village in Jisr al-Shughur Nahiyah in Jisr al-Shughur District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), it had a population of 1187 in the 2004 census.[1]

On 25 April 2015, after Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamist allies in the "Army of Conquest" seized Jisr al-Shughour, they attacked the Alawite village of Eshtabraq and killed over 200 of its residents.[2]

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  2. ^ Scott Lucas (29 April 2015). "Syria Daily, April 29: Assad Regime — "The Media Are Lying About Rebel Victories"". EA World view. Retrieved 10 January 2017.