Maarrat Misrin Subdistrict

Maarrat Misrin Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية معرة مصرين) is a subdistrict (Arabic: نَاحِيَة, romanized: nahiyah) located in Idlib District in Idlib, Syria. The sub-district itself is also referred to as Maaret Tamsrin. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maarrat Misrin Subdistrict had a population of 57,859 in the 2004 census. The seat of the sub-district is located in the Maarrat Misrin town located south of the nahiya. Significant settlements in the nahiya include Killi, Kafr Aruq, Harbanoush, Maarrat al-Ikhwan, Kaftin, and Kafr Yahmul villages where camp clusters were setup to house internally displaced persons (IDPs) throughout the Syrian Civil War. Additionally, to the east side of the nahiya, 17 large IDP settlements, collectively referred to as of Sheikh Bahr Camps was built, which reportedly came under significant neglect through lack of international aid and natural disasters such as storms and flooding.