Chan Sheikhun
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خان شيخون Chan Sheikhun |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 27 ' N , 36 ° 39' E | ||
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| Country | Syria | ||
| Idlib | |||
| District | Maarat an-Numan | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SY ID | ||
| height | 350 m | ||
| Residents | 34,371 (2004) | ||
Chan Sheikhun or Chan Sheikhun ( Arabic خان شيخون, DMG Ḫān Šayḫūn ) is a city in Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria . In the 2004 census , 34,371 residents were counted.
The nucleus of the city was a caravanserai from the 14th century, which was donated by the Mamluk emir Sayf al-Din Shaichu al-'Umari. The name is derived from this fact, as the word Chan stands for a smaller caravanserai. In today's urban area there is a settlement hill , which was inhabited until the 20th century BC. And contains, among other things, the remains of the Neo-Assyrian city of Ashkhani.
Syrian civil war
At least 86 people died and others were injured in the poison gas attack on April 4, 2017 during the civil war in Syria . The province of Idlib was then controlled by a Syrian rebel alliance and was considered the most important stronghold of the rebels. The Syrian government has been blamed for the attack by teams of experts from the United Nations and governments of various states.
After weeks of fighting with advancing government troops and numerous air strikes, the remaining fighters of the HTS and allied militias gave up the place on August 20, 2019 according to their own statements.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internationally also Khan Sheikhoun and Khan Sheikhun .
- ↑ Khan Shaykhūn. In: citypopulation.de. May 10, 2011, accessed April 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Nahrawālī, Richard Blackburn: Journey to the Sublime Porte: the Arabic memoir of a Sharifian agent's diplomatic mission to the Ottoman Imperial Court in the era of Suleyman the Magnificent; the relevant text from Quṭb al-Dīn al-Nahrawālī's al-Fawāʼid al-sanīyah fī al-riḥlah al-Madanīyah wa al-Rūmīyah . Orient-Institut, 2005, ISBN 978-3-89913-441-4 , p. 93.
- ↑ Du Buisson, “Une campagne de fouilles a Khan Sheikhoun”, Syria 13 (1932)
- ↑ Ancient Egypt and the East 1931, p. 63.
- ↑ France blames Assad government for poison gas attack . Tagesspiegel, April 26, 2017
- ↑ Press and Information Office of the Federal Government: "Assad bears sole responsibility" (accessed on January 13, 2019).
- ^ "Rebels withdraw in key Syrian town as pro-Assad troops advance" The Guardian of August 20, 2019