Al-Burj, al-Bab


al-Burj, also spelled Borj, is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Situated in the northern Aqil mountains, bordering the Queiq Plain to the west, it is located between al-Rai and al-Bab, some northeast of the city of Aleppo, and south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis. On 7 November 2016, Al Burj was captured by the Syrian National Army from ISIS.
Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya al-Bab in al-Bab District. Nearby localities include Tall Battal to the south, and Ka'ibah to the northwest, on the Queiq Plain. In the 2004 census, al-Burj had a population of 236.