context: Ebla is an ancient Syrian ancient city that was a strong and ancient civilization and kingdom that flourished in northwestern Syria in the middle of the third millennium BC, and extended its influence over the areas between the Anatolian Plateau in the north and the Sinai Peninsula in the south, the Euphrates Valley in the east and the Mediterranean coast in the west, And established close commercial and diplomatic relations with countries of the region, the Syrian kingdoms, Egypt and Mesopotamia, uncovered by an Italian archaeological mission from the University of Rome headed by archaeologist Paolo Matteih who was excavating at the site of Mardikh near the town of Saraqib in the Syrian Idlib governorate about 55 km southwest of the city of Aleppo in Syria.
question: Where was Ebla located?
answers.text: northwestern Syria