Jindires (Arabic: جنديرس; Kurdish: Cindirês or Cindirêsê)[a] is a town in northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate.

[3] Nearby localities include Deir Ballut and Bayadah to the southwest, Zahra to the northwest, Kafr Safra to the north, Afrin to the northeast and Burj Abdullah to the east.

[12] In the 14th century, during Mamluk rule, Jindires was visited by Syrian geographer al-Dimashqi who described it as "a town near Tizin, and in the territory of Jumah.

"[13] The 19th-century British writer, William Harrison Ainsworth, visited the village and described it in his magazine as "containing about fifty cottages, and characterized by its artificial mound, or tel, upon which but few traces are now to be met of the castle or citadel (Acropolis in Greek; Arx in Latin) of Cyrrhestica, and described by Strabo as 'a fit receptacle for thieves.

The SNA group Jaysh al-Sharqiya shot and killed four Kurdish civilians during Newroz celebrations in the town on 20 March 2023.

[6] In late 19th century, German orientalist Martin Hartmann noted Jindires as a settlement with 20 houses inhabited by Kurds.