Idlib Governorate

Syria

Idlib Governorate shares 68 connections across 11 topics with 1074 other places, centered heavily on the Syrian civil war and its aftermath. Military and government connections dominate, linking the region to Syria, Aleppo, Turkey, and Damascus through a decade of fighting. Separated from Aleppo Governorate in 1957, Idlib became a focal point of conflict in the early 1980s and served as Syria's last rebel stronghold before Tahrir al-Sham forces consolidated control in November 2024. Geography connects it to the Al-Ghab Plain and Orontes River in the west.