Dweila (Arabic: الدويلة) is a village in Armanaz Subdistrict of Harem District in Idlib Governorate, north-western Syria, near the border with Turkey. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Dweila had a population of 917 in the 2004 census. The village lies in the rural countryside surrounding the town of Armanaz, the administrative centre of the subdistrict[1].
Agriculture forms the backbone of the local economy, with crops such as wheat, olives and vegetables grown in the surrounding farmland[2].
During the Syrian civil war, the region became part of opposition-held north-western Syria and experienced constant airstrikes and clashes. On 26 October 2020, the nearby Jabal al-Dweila area was the site of a Russian airstrike targeting a training camp operated by the Turkish-backed rebel group Faylaq al-Sham, with reports estimating that between 35 and 78 fighters were killed[3].
References
- ^ “General Census of Population 2004”. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
- ^ “Northwest Syria livelihoods profile 2022 issue 1” (PDF). Syria Cross-Border HLG -syria food securit and livelihoods cluster. p. 5. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ “Air raids in northwest Syria camp kill dozens of rebel fighters”. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
