Official Name: | Inab |
Native Name: | اناب |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Aleppo Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Afrin District |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Afrin |
Parts Type: | Control |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Syrian Interim Government |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 census |
Population Total: | 2309 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 36.5181°N 36.9536°W |
Inab (ar|اناب, also called Nepa) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Jalbul, Aqiba and Deir Jamal to the south, Karzahayel, Afrin and Ain Dara to the west, Qatma to the north and Manaq, Kafr Kalbin and Kaljibrin to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Inab had a population of 2,309 in the 2004 census.[1]
During the Crusades, in 1149, Nur ad-Din Zangi, achieved a decisive victory against the Crusader army of Raymond of Antioch, and the allied followers of Ali ibn-Wafa, in the Battle of Inab outside the town.
See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022). The town came under the control of the Syrian National Army on March 10, 2018.
On May 9 2022, a fighter of the Levant Front was killed in clashes with Kurdish forces on the frontline at the village.[2]