Salqin (Arabic: سَلْقِين, romanized: Salqīn) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of Idlib Governorate.

Nearby localities include Kafr Takharim to the southeast, Abu Talha to the south, Delbiya to the southwest, al-Alani to the northwest and Isqat to the northeast.

[2] The town is situated in the southern Orontes River valley and has an altitude of 460 meters above sea level.

[4] Salqin was mentioned by medieval Muslim historian Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad al-Halabi as the site of one of 22 abandoned or ruined fortresses in the Aleppo region, likely disbanded or destroyed during the Mongol invasions of Syria in the mid to late 13th century.

According to anti-government activists, around 70% of Salqin's residents still supported the government of Bashar al-Assad in January 2013.