Al-Bab (Arabic: الْبَاب / ALA-LC: al-Bāb) is a Syrian city, administratively belonging to the Aleppo Governorate.

[2] Prior to the Syrian Civil War, al-Bab's inhabitants were composed of a Sunni Arab majority, and a Kurdish minority outside the city center.

[4] The ruins of that settlement lie on the banks of the wadi 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of the modern town.

The tomb and shrine of Aqil ibn Abi Talib (the brother of Ali) was located in al-Bāb.

In the town were markets filled with cotton products called kirbas which were exported to Damascus and Egypt.

[7] Rebel forces pushed the army from this garrison on the south edge of town on 29 July, With the seizure of al-Bab, the insurgents in northern Aleppo gained considerable momentum.

[11] However, in the summer of 2013 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant had a presence in the town and by mid November, 2013, was in full control of Al-Bab.

On 15 July 2020, unknown aircraft, suspected to be Russian, carried out airstrikes on the city of al-Bab.