Abu al-Duhur ( ar, أَبُو الظُّهُور; ''ʾAbū aẓ-Ẓuhūr'', also spelled Abu al-Thuhur) is a town in northwestern Syria on the edge of the Syrian Desert, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located about 45 kilometers south of Aleppo. Nearby localities include

Tell Sultan Tell Sultan ( ar, تل سلطان; also spelled Tall as-Sultan) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located southeast of Idlib and 37 kilometers southwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Abu al ...

and

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to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Abu al-Duhur had a population of 10,694 in the 2004 census. It is the center of a ''

nahiyah A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...

'' ("subdistrict") containing 26 localities with a combined population of 38,869 in 2004. Abu al-Duhur is the site of the

Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase (sometimes spelled Abu ad-Duhur) is a major airbase of the Syrian Arab Air Force. The airbase is located about 5 km east of Abu al-Duhur, in Idlib Governorate. Syrian Civil War During the Syrian Civil War, rebel g ...

. During the Syrian Civil War it was fought over in the

siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase The siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase was a battle for the Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in the Idlib Governorate during the Syrian civil war. It was captured by rebel and jihadist forces on 9 September 2015. The base had been besieged since Septembe ...

. The city was captured by opposition forces in 2012. On 22 January 2018, the Syrian Army entered the town, before fully capturing it on the 29th.

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{{Idlib Governorate, idlib Towns in Syria Populated places in Idlib District