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Introduction
Idlib or Idleb is a city in northwestern
Syria. It is situated in a
fertile basin midway between Aleppo and
Latakia and is an important textile
centre and a market for one of Syria's better agricultural
districts. Major crops include cotton, cereals, olives, figs,
grapes, tomatoes, sesame, and almonds. Local industries include
spinning and olive-oil pressing. Pop. (2003 est.) 116,080
History
The Idlib area is very historically significant, containing
many "dead cities" and over 190 man-made hills called tells, the
most famous of which is at Tell Mardikh, Ebla,
once the capital of a great kingdom. The cuneiform tablets found
at Ebla prove that this area has been
settled since the 3rd millennium BC
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