Arbin ( ar, عربين; also spelled Irbin or Arbeen) is a town in southern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, administratively part of the
Markaz Rif Dimashq District
Markaz Rif Dimashq District ( ar-at, منطقة مركز ريف دمشق, manṭiqat Markaz Rif Dimašq) or Damascus Central Countryside District is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.
Geography
Markaz Rif Dimashq is loc ...
of the
Rif Dimashq Governorate, located just east of
Jobar neighborhood of
Damascus
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. Nearby localities include
Kafr Batna
Kafr Batna ( ar, كفر بطنا, also spelled Kfar Batna and Kafar Batna) is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria and a suburb of Damascus.Burns, 2005, pp1415Siddique, HaroonSyrian troops battle to retake Damascus suburbs ''The ...
and
Saqba
Saqba ( ar, سقبا; also spelled Sakba or Siqba) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, 7 km east of central Damascus. Nearby localities include Jisrin to the s ...
to the south,
Zamalka
Zamalka ( ar, زملكا) is a town of Damascus in Syria, located east-northeast of Old Damascus. It is administratively a part of the Markaz Rif Dimashq District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. Nearby localities include Jobar and Qaboun to west ...
and
Ein Tarma
Ein Tarma ( ar, عيـن تـرمـا), also spelled Ayn Tarma or Ain Terma, is a suburb of Damascus in Syria, located east of Old Damascus, just north of the Barada River, within an area called the Eastern Ghouta. It is administratively a part ...
to the southwest, and
Douma to the north. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Arbin had a population of 44,934 in the 2004 census.
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Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. Arbin is one of the suggested locations for the ancient town of
Riblah
The ancient town of Riblah, today a tell covered by a cemetery not far from the town of Ribleh on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon, was in biblical times located on the northern frontier of the land of Canaan. The site lies on the east ...
.
During the
Syrian civil war,
FSA took control of a number of
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
s north of the capital
Damascus
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, including Arbin on 2 July 2012. FSA fighters reportedly openly patrolled the streets of the suburbs, and clashes occurred less than from the center of Damascus city itself.
In November 2012, there was sustained fighting in the town after a
regain in strength of the rebels in Rif Dimashq. It was reported to be under rebel control as of 7 December 2012.
In 2017-18, during the government siege of eastern Ghouta, Arbin was one of the towns targeted in multiple airstrikes by Syrian and Russian aircraft, for instance on 4 January 2018.
In the end of March 2018, the Syrian army imposed their control over the area of Eastern Ghouta including Arbin.
References
{{Rif Dimashq Governorate, markaz
Populated places in Markaz Rif Dimashq District
Towns in Syria