Meidan Ekbis

Meidan Ekbis (Arabic: ميدان اكبس) or Maydan Ikbis or Midan Akbas, is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of Aleppo Governorate, located north of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Afrin and Rajo to the south. The town lies on the Syria–Turkey border and is a stop on the main railroad crossing into Turkey on the Baghdad Railway and Istanbul-Aleppo-Damascus line. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Meidan Ekbis had a population of 1,302 in the 2004 census.^[1] By late July 2013, People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters controlled the town.^[2] On February 25, 2018, the village came under the control of the Syrian National Army.^[3]

Meidan Ekbis ميدان اكبس
Village
Meidan Ekbis
Coordinates: 36°49′12″N 36°40′38″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo Governorate
District	Afrin District
Nahiyah	Rajo
Control	Turkey Syrian Interim Government
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	1,302
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

In Pop Culture

In Khaled Khalifa's No Knives in the Kitchens of This City (2013), Meidan Ekibs is mentioned as the hometown of the main family, which they left to move to Aleppo, Syria.^[4]