Atme

Atme (Arabic: اطمه, romanized: ‘Aṭma, also spelled Atma, Atima, Atmeh) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located north of Idlib and just east of the border with Turkey.

[2] It lies southeast of Deir Ballut, south of Jindires, northwest of Qah and north of Sarmada and al-Dana.

[3] Since October 2013, internally displaced Syrians who failed to cross over to Turkey started settling between the olive trees.

IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi killed himself during a raid by US special forces on a house in Atme on 3 February 2022.

[7] According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, thirteen other people, including seven civilians, died during the raid, which was noted by the media for its intensity.

Quraishi's compound in Atme