Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)
The northwestern Syria offensive , dubbed by the rebels as the Battle of Victory, took place in the Idlib and Hama governorates during the Syrian Civil War.
Ahrar ash-Sham fighters in Jisr al-Shughur
The National Hospital where the government loyalists were besieged by rebels
Al-Nusra Front fighters in Jisr al-Shughur
Jisr ash-Shughūr, known in antiquity as Seleucobelus, is a city in the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Situated at an altitude of 170 metres (560 ft) above sea level on the Orontes river, the city was inhabited by 44,322 people as of 2010. The inhabitants are mostly Sunni Muslims, with a significant Christian minority, mostly Greek Orthodox.
Covered market in the old town of Jisr ash-Shughūr (2009)
View of "Isser-Sjoor" (top) and view of the river and the bridge (bottom), by Corneille le Brun (Voyage au Levant, 1714)