Jankil (Arabic: جنكيل, also transliterated Jinkil), officially called Qadisiyya, is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the al-Haffah District, located northeast of Latakia. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jankil had a population of 1,229 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Sunni Muslims.[2]
Syrian Civil War
On 7 September 2012, Jankil and the neighboring village Babna were subjected to tank shelling and machine gun fire by government troops.[3]
References
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Balanche 2000, pp. 86, 105, 297.
- ^ "تطورات جمعة حمص المحاصرة". www.shrc.org. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
Bibliography
- Balanche, Fabrice (2000). "Les Alaouites, l'espace et le pouvoir dans la région côtière syrienne : une intégration nationale ambiguë" (in French). Tours: Université François Rabelais. Retrieved 20 October 2024.