Ablah (Arabic: عبلة, romanized: ‘Ablah; Kurdish: Ebla) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Situated in a wadi surrounded by the Aqil mountains and some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the Shahba reservoir, it is located 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Akhtarin and some 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of the city of Aleppo.

Ablah عبلة
Village
Ablah Location of Ablah in Syria
Coordinates: 36°26′01″N 37°21′20″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Azaz
Subdistrict	Akhtarin
Elevation	518 m (1,699 ft)
Population  (2004)[1]	517
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C1584

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya Akhtarin in Azaz District. Nearby localities include Tall Tanah 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the northwest and Hezwan 5 km (3.1 mi) to the southeast. In the 2004 census, Ablah had a population of 517.[1]

Syrian Civil War

On March 26 2022, a fighter of the Syrian National Army was shot dead in the village by a Kurdish sniper.[2]

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