Deir Jmal

Deir Jmal
دير جمال
Town
Deir Jmal
Location of Deir Jmal in Syria
Coordinates: 36°26′42″N 37°01′41″E / 36.44489°N 37.02819°E / 36.44489; 37.02819
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District Azaz
Subdistrict Tell Rifaat
Population (2004)[1] 4,287
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode C1620

Deir Jmal (Arabic: دير جمال‎) is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located north of Aleppo, it is administratively part of Nahiya Tell Rifaat in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Tell Rifaat and Mare' to the east, A'zaz to the north, Mayer and al-Zahraa to the south. In the 2004 census, Deir Jamal had a population of 4,287.[1]

Syrian Civil War

During the Syrian Civil War the town was objective of several battles. After the rebels took over the town in 2012 it was captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in January 2014.[2] In the summer the Kurdish group Jabhat al-Akrad took the town[3] but lost it in late 2015 to the rebels.[4]

On the 8 February 2016, the Syrian Democratic Forces captured Deir Jamal.[5] On 12 March 2018, handed over to Syrian army.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tell Rifaat" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Three-sided war helps Syrian army regain ground Al Monitor (As-Safir), 15 January 2014
  3. ↑ Rebels of Jabhat al-Akrad regains control over areas near Aleppo Archived 2014-02-16 at Archive.is, aranews.
  4. ↑ "Russian Fighter Jets Bomb Militant Centers in Syria's Aleppo". Fars news. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  5. ↑ http://wikimapia.org/6072908/Deir-Jemal
  6. ↑ "النظام السوري يتسلم ثماني مناطق جنوب عفرين". Enabbaladi. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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