Maniqa (Arabic: المنيقة) is a castle located in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range, dated back to the Roman era, it was also known as "Malikas" or "Malghanes" during the Crusader rule.

[1][2] In 1030, Byzantine Emperor Romanos III Argyros ordered Niketas of Mistheia, doux of Antioch, to recapture Maniqa from al-Rawadifi.

[3] Niketas managed to control the fort in 1031 after a 13-day siege, in which he also captured Nasr's wife and four daughters, who were abandoned to their fate.

[5] In 1118 or 1119, Rainald I Masoir persuaded the commander of Margat from Banu Muhriz to surrender the fortress to him, along with the nearby forts Maniqa, Qulay'ah and Hadid.

[6] During the mid-12th century the Assassins captured or acquired several fortresses in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range including Maniqa.