The mountain is located between the Aʻzāz plain and the valley of River ʻIfrīn from east and west, respectively.

To the south lie Mount Simeon, and to the north the plain of Kilis where the Akpınar River, one of the headwaters of Quweiq, rises.

The Syrian government retreated from the area in spring 2012 as per an agreement with the PYD, and the entire territory of Afrin saw almost no conflict for the next five years of the war.

[3] The area was heavily fortified with concrete bunkers, trenches and tunnels constructed by the defending militants.

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