Eshtabraq

Eshtabraq
Eshtabraq ; اشتبرق
	Village
	Eshtabraq Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 35°47′31″N 36°17′43″E
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 a Syrian village located in Jisr al-Shughur Nahiyah in Jisr al-Shughur District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Eshtabraq 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 Eshtabraq and committed a massacre by killing more than 200 people.[2]

References

"General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2015-12-09.
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.

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[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.