Banin, Idlib
بنين
Village
Banin, Idlib is located in Syria
Banin, Idlib
Banin, Idlib
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°42′42″N 36°38′27″E / 35.711583°N 36.64075°E / 35.711583; 36.64075
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib
DistrictAriha District
SubdistrictAriha Nahiyah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total743
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC4274

Banin, Idlib (Arabic: بنين) is a Syrian village located in Ariha Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Banin, Idlib had a population of 743 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

Banin has been heavily affected during the Syrian civil war, including by both repeated Syrian/Russian airstrikes and clashes between moderate rebel factions and jihadist extremists.

By late 2012, the Banin had been captured by Syrian rebel forces. On 12 December 2012, the Syrian Air Force bombed the village.[2] On 27 December 2014, Syrian Air Force jet fighters conducted airstrikes over the village.[3] On 12 November 2015, six weeks after the Russian air campaign in Syria began, Russian Air Force Mi-24 helicopters dropped white phosphorus munitions on the village during the night,[4][5][6] a violation of the Protocol on Incendiary Weapons prohibiting the use of the incendiary weapons against civilian areas. At least one man was killed in the strike. On 16 November, a Russian airstrike destroyed a bakery in the village.[7]

On 23 January 2017, moderate rebel group Suqour al-Sham captured Banin from the Salafi jihadist group al-Qaeda in Syria.[8][9]

On 21 September 2017, a Russian Kalibr submarine-launched ballistic missile struck Banin.[10] On 27 December, Syrian aircraft struck the outskirts of the village.[11]

On 26 April 2019, an OTR-Tochka tactical ballistic missile carrying cluster munitions struck near a refugee camp near Banin, injuring several people. White Helmets inspected the remains of the missile.[12] On 30 May, a government airstrike on the village killed one civilian and wounded another.[13][14] On 1 June, a Su-24 bomber launched high-explosive missiles at the outskirts of the village in the midst of ongoing clashes 30 km away.[15] On 19 June, government airstrikes destroyed a building in the village, killing eleven civilians and wounding six others.[16][17] White Helmets workers searched the rubble for bodies and survivors.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  2. ↑ "Idlib province: The airforce went on a raid over the town of Benin, by the northern entrance to Ma'arat al-Nu'man". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  3. ↑ "Syrian regime jet fighters shell over Benin village in Jabal Al-Zawya in Idlib". Qasioun News Agency. 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  4. ↑ Joudeh, Ibrahim (2015-11-12). "Allegedly Pics of Russian Airstrike on Benin in Jabal al-Zawiya - Idlib". @Ibra_Joudeh. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  5. ↑ Khalaf, Majd (2015-11-12). "Idlib: Russian aviation bombed the village of Benin by Internationally banned napalm and phosphorus". @majdkhalaf1993. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  6. ↑ الدفاع المدني السوري في محافظة ادلب (2015-11-12), الدفاع المدني || ادلب || الطيران الروسي يستهدف المدنيين بالقنابل المحرمة دولياً بجبل الزاوية, retrieved 2019-06-20
  7. ↑ معصرة زيتون وفرن للمدنيين هو ما استهدفته طائرات العدوان الروسي على بينين بجبل الزاوية بريف إدلب Al Marra Today, 2015-11-16, retrieved 2019-06-20
  8. ↑ EN (2017-01-24). "SuqourAlSham Brigade controls the town of Benin in JabalAlzawei In south of Idlib, after clashes with FatahAlSham". Step News Agency EN. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  9. ↑ "#Syria: Opposition factions (mainly Ahrar-Sham & #FSA) expelled #JFS from Benin & Hantoteen villages in #Idlib. #JFS captured #Sarmada town.pic.twitter.com/0vLmgxbj8B". archicivilians. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  10. ↑ "Ballistic missile targeting Benin village in Jabal Azawiyah region of southern Idlib countryside". Liveuamap. 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  11. ↑ "#عاجل غارات جوية لطيران النظام الحربي على أطراف بلدة بنين في جبل الزاوية بريف إدلب". Halab Today (in Arabic). 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  12. ↑ "Images showing the remains of an OTR-21 Toshka rocket carrying cluster bombs fired this morning by the Regime's forces and targeting an IDP camp near #Benin in #Idlib. Several camp residents were injured.pic.twitter.com/fs0LaVenm8". The White Helmets. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  13. ↑ الفضائية, قناة الجسر (2019-05-30). "#عاجل: مراسلنا: مقتل مدني وإصابة آخر بقصف جوي للنظام على حرش بينين جنوب #إدلب". @jisrtv (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  14. ↑ MiddleEast, Liveuamap (2019-05-30). "One civilian was killed and another injured by an air strike on the Benin south of Idlib". @lummideast. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  15. ↑ "A su-24 warjets launched highly explosive missiles at Benin outskirts". On the Ground News. 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  16. ↑ Mosa, Mahmoud (2019-06-19). "Two massacres in Zawiya Mountain in Idlib province today: 2- Benin: 7 people were killed and more than 10 injured". Mosa13Mosa. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  17. ↑ "Assad warplanes commit massacre in Idlib's Benin". Orient News. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  18. ↑ "3 civilians have been killed in Kansafra City so far, and reports are coming in about a new massacre in Benin Town some short time ago". The White Helmets. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
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