Al-Shaitat
| al-Shaitat الشُّعَيْطَاتُ | |
|---|---|
Arab | |
| Location | Upper Euphrates river basin (mainly Deir ez-Zor Governorate) |
| Population | 70,000–90,000 |
| Language | Arabic |
Al-Shaitat (
ʿayn sound often is not transcribed, the name is written Shaitat, Shaytat, Sheitat, Sheitaat and the like. The last vowel is long, therefore sometimes it is written with a double "a". Henry Field identified the Shaitat as a clan of the Aqaidat.[3] They were the target of the Al-Shaitat massacres
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See also
References
- ^ Toddler 'Pulled From Bomb Rubble In Syria', news.sky.com.
- ^
Massacre And Media: ISIS And The Case Of The Sunni Arab Shaitat Tribe, Alberto M. Fernández, MEMRI, June 23, 2015
- ^ Field, Henry (1940). The Anthropology of Iraq. The Upper Euphrates. Chicago Field Museum. p. 225.