Ratyan ( ar, رتيان) is a town in northern

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

A'zaz District Azaz District ( ar, منطقة أعزاز, manṭiqat A'zāz) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Azaz. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 251,769. The district lie ...

Aleppo Governorate Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the ...

, located northwest of

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. Nearby localities include Mayer to the northwest,

Al-Zahraa Al-Zahraa ( ar, الزهراء, az-Zahrāʾ) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Tell Rifaat and Mayer to the northeast and Anadan ...

and

Bayanoun Bayanoun ( ar, بيانون) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Al-Zahraa Al-Zahraa ( ar, الزهراء, az-Zahrāʾ) is a town ...

to the west and

Tell Jabin Tell Jabin ( ar, تل جبين) is Kurdish townin northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Tell Rifaat and Kafr Naya to the north, Mare' to the northeast, ...

to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ratyan had a population of 2,216 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. Archived a

During the Syrian Civil War

Ratyan was an opposition-held town from early in the Syrian Civil War.

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reported that pro-government forces, backed by the Lebanese militias of

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and the

Iranian Revolutionary Guards The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

, had taken control of Ratyan by 17 February 2015, but that rebels of the

Levant Front The Levant Front ( ar, الجبهة الشامية, al-Jabhat aš-Šāmiyya, Jabhat al-Shamiyah, also translated as the Sham Front or the Levantine Front) is a Syrian rebel group based around Aleppo involved in the Syrian Civil War. It was for ...

regained control of the village that evening, with one

Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement The Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement ( ar, حركة نور الدين الزنكي ''Ḥaraka Nūr ad-Dīn az-Zankī'') was a Sunni Islamist rebel group involved in the Syrian Civil War. In 2014, it was reportedly one of the most influential factio ...

commander,

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, killed in the fighting.
Syrian army accused of massacre of 30 civilians near Aleppo. ARA-NEWS, 18 February 2015 ''

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'', however, reported that rebels regained the village on 19 February, after several days of heavy fighting, capturing 32 government soldiers. There was heavy fighting in Ratyan in early 2016 as part of the

Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016) The Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016) refers to a military operation launched northwest of Aleppo in early February 2016 by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies. The offensive successfully broke the three-year Siege of Nubl and Al-Zahraa, ...

. Pro-government

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reported that the government recaptured the village on 5 February 2016, although the

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reported that half the town had been retaken by rebels that day, and ''

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'' and ''

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'' reported fighting continuing on 7 February.

References

Populated places in Azaz District {{AleppoSY-geo-stub