Jableh, Syria, also spelled Jebleh, Jabala, Jablah or Gabala, is a Mediterranean coastal city 25 km north of Baniyas and 25 km south of Latakia, with c. 80,000 inhabitants (2008). In antiquity, Gabala was an important Roman city, one of the main remains of this period is an amphitheater, capable of seating c. 7,000 spectators. Near the seashore, less than 1 kilometer from the city center lies the even older ancient site of Gibala, today known as Tell Tweini. This city was inhabited from the third millennium B.C. until the Persian period. |  |