//
City in Syria
Photo: Henk van Rinsum, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Idlib (Arabic: إِدْلِب) is a city in Northwestern Syria. Before the Syrian Civil War (2011-2024), it had a population of 165,000.
From the travel guide. Select a place for details, a map and what is nearby.
متحف إدلب
It contains over 17,000 of the Ebla tablets from the nearby ancient site of Ebla, although it sustained considerable damage during the 2011-2024 civil war and the 2023 earthquakes.
كنيسة العذراء
Historic church built in 1888.
It is 59 km (37 mi) southwest of Aleppo. The border with Turkey is about 20 km away.
Read in the guideChoose an airport to see hotels, stations, taxi ranks and car rental desks around it.
Aleppo · International · ALP
Loading places around the airport…
Articles and travel topics about Idlib and Syria.
ItinerariesFrom Istanbul to Cairo is a route in the Middle East. Countries visited are Turkey, Syria, Jordan, possibly Israel (and the disputed territory of the West Bank), and Egypt.
Wikivoyage
Culture & historyMesopotamia is in the Middle East, mainly in present-day Iraq, with parts of it in Syria and Turkey and influence extending into what are now Iran and the Persian Gulf states.
Wikivoyage
Culture & historyIslam is one of the world's most important religions, second only to Christianity in number of adherents. Its followers are called Muslims and their houses of worship, mosques.
Wikivoyage
ItinerariesFor modern-day trade in China, see Shopping in China The Silk Road (丝绸之路 sī chóu zhī lù), also known as the Silk Route, is not a single road, but a network of historical trade routes across Asia from China to Europe.
Wikivoyage
Every section of the guide. Open one to read it in full.