Menbij Sub-district is located in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo Governorate, and it is densely populated as it is one of the biggest sub-districts in Aleppo. In the month of August 2012, Menbij Sub-district went out of the Syrian regime control, and afterwards it had received a big number of internally displaced people (IDPs). This sub-district was highly organized by the acting civil associations that were managing it, as well as many humanitarian organizations were active in Menbij City.