Menagh ( ar, منق, also spelled Manaq or Manq) is a town near

Azaz Azaz ( ar, أَعْزَاز, ʾAʿzāz) is a city in northwest Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Azaz had a population of 31,623 in the 2004 census.

16 km North of

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in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern

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. Administratively part of Nahiya Azaz, Manaq had a population of 2,128 in the 2004 census. Nearby localities include

to the north,

Maraanaz Maraanaz ( ar-at, مرعناز, Mir'anāz) is a village near Azaz in northwestern Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. Administratively part of Nahiya Azaz, Maaranaz had a population of 959 in the 2004 census. Nearby localities include Azaz to t ...

to the northwest, Kaljibrin to the east and

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to the south. Menagh is located by the Baghdad Railway connecting

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with the

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city of Adana, and by the strategic highway 214 to Gaziantep. The

Menagh Military Airbase Menagh Military Air Base (or Minnigh airport, Minakh Air Base) ( ar, قَاعِدَة مَطَار مِنِّغ, Qāʿidat Maṭār Minniḡ) is a Syrian Air Force installation located south of Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria near the village of ...

is situated immediately to the west of the village.

History

During the Roman Empire Menagh was a

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station of the Roman Province of Syria. It was known as Minnica at this time.

Syrian Civil War

The Siege of Menagh Air Base took place here in 2013. The village was captured by the

Syrian Democratic Forces , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svgborder , caption = Flag , active = 10 October 2015 – present , ideology = DemocracyDecentralizationSecularism ...

on 9 February 2016.

References

{{AleppoSY-geo-stub Towns in Aleppo Governorate