Sfuhen

Village in Idlib, Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sfuhen (Arabic: سفوهن) is a Syrian village located in Kafr Nabl Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in the 2004 census, Sfuhen had a population of 3,399.[1]

Country Syria
City Qrya PcodeC4054
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Sfuhen
سفوهن
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Sfuhen is located in Syria
Sfuhen
Sfuhen
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°36′23″N 36°27′53″E
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib
DistrictMaarrat al-Nu'man District
SubdistrictKafr Nabl Nahiyah
Population
 (2004)
  Total
3,399
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC4054
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Civil war period

2019

On September 14th. Government warplanes targeted the Civil Defense Center in Sfuhen village, putting it out of service, and destroying an ambulance.[2]

2020

In September. Syrian Observatory activists had monitored new round of regime rocket attacks in the early hours of Saturday morning, targeting positions in Sfuhen and other areas in the southern countryside of Idlib. Meanwhile, Russian reconnaissance drones were seen flying over the area. However, no casualties were reported.[3][4]

One month later, in November. Regime forces once again used rocket attacks on oppositions positions in Sfuhen, after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham snipers targeted regime positions some time before.[5][6]

2021

On the 18th of February. Syrian Government Forces targeted with rockets Sfuhen in southern rural Idlib.[7]

In November. government forces continued bombing the opposition factions’ sites in the village of Sfuhen.[8]

2022

In January, government forces once again targeted the opposition sites in the village of Sfuhen.[9]

Around February, members of the HTS stormed the two camps of Umm Shohada' and Sfuhen, arrested several people, including a media activist, and fired bullets in the air injuring a child in the leg.[10]

On December 22. At least one civilian was seriously injured by alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian artillery shelling of the village of Sfuhen[11]

2025

In May, sometime after the fall of the Assad regime. A school in Sfuhen was reopened despite challenges and lack of possibilities.[12]

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