Kurd Mountains

Kurd Mountains
Kurd-Dagh
Hills of the Kurd Mountains in Afrin
Geography
Kurd Mountains Location in Syria
Location	Syria: Aleppo Governorate  Turkey: Kilis Province

Kurd Mountains or Kurd-Dagh (Arabic: جبل الأكراد‎‎ Jabal al-Akrad, Kurdish: چیای کورمنج‎ Çiyayê Kurmênc, Turkish: Kurt Dağı), also called Aleppo Mountain (Arabic: جبل حلب‎‎ Jabal Ḥalab), is a highland region in northwestern Syria and southeastern Turkey. It is located in the Aleppo Governorate of Syria and Kilis Province of Turkey. The Kurd mountain should not be confused with the neighboring Jabal al Akrad (Kurds' mountain) which is located further southwest towards the mediterranean coastline.

Kurd Mountains are part of the Limestone Massif of northwestern Syria. The mountains are a southern continuation into the Aleppo plateau of the highlands on the western part of the Aintab plateau. The valley of River Afrin surrounds Kurd Mountains from east and south and separates it from the plain of Aʻzāz and Mount Simeon to the east, and from Mount Harim to the south. The valley of River Aswad separates Mount Kurd from Mount Amanus to the west.

In Syria, it is among the four "ethnic mountains" of western Syria, along with al-Ansariyah mountains ("Mountain of the Alawites"), Jabal Turkman ("Mountain of the Turkmens") and Jabal al-Duruz ("Mountain of the Druze").