Located 70km north of Aleppo on the Syrian-Turkish border, the site of Cyrrhus, of approximately 65 hectares, was founded in the Hellenistic Period (3rd century BC) and it named the Cyrrhestic province. Later, it was occupied by the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Arabs until it disappeared at the end of the XII century AD.

Since 2006, the Lebanese and Syrian archaeological team, directed by Jeanine Abdul Massih (Lebanese University) and Shaker Shbib (Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums of Syria), carried out new excavations and researches, in order to understand the successive constructions and occupations in the city and the nearby territory. Therefore, an important program was implemented and developed on the urbanism the fortification, and the monuments of the site previously excavated.