Al-Thawrah
Al-Thawrah
ٱلثَّوْرَة Al-Tabqah • ٱلطَّبْقَة | |
|---|---|
City | |
UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Al-Thawrah (
Tabqa Region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.[2]
Syrian civil war
On 26 November 2012, during the
Syrian rebel checkpoints.[5] On 11 February 2013, rebel groups including the al-Nusra Front and Liwa Owais al-Qorani took over the city.[6] On 21 November, there was fierce fighting between government troops and rebels in the town,[7] but by 25 November, the rebels were back in control. The Islamic State took control in January 2014.[8]
On 22 March 2017,
Battle of Tabqa[12][13] during which an estimated 40% of the buildings were either damaged or destroyed.[3]
Demographics
Prior to the Civil War, the majority of the city's inhabitants were
Protestant families.[15] But now the Christians have left and very few returned after liberation.[citation needed
]
Climate
| Climate data for Al-Thawrah | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.1 (52.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
35.1 (95.2) |
37.7 (99.9) |
37.7 (99.9) |
34.2 (93.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 37 (1.5) |
24 (0.9) |
34 (1.3) |
25 (1.0) |
15 (0.6) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
10 (0.4) |
18 (0.7) |
32 (1.3) |
196 (7.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org [16] | |||||||||||||
See also
- Battle of al-Tabqa Airbase
- Battle of Tabqa (2017)
- Al-Tabqa Dam raid (2017)
Notes
- ^ "At Tabqah: Syria " Geographical Names
- ^ a b "Beyond Rojava: North and East Syria's Arab Regions" (PDF). Rojava Information Center. June 2021. p. 9.
- ^ The Globe Post. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Al-Thawrah population
- ^ "Syria rebels seize dam". AAP. 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ "Rebels take control of military airport in North Syria, NGO says". Now.mmedia.me. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Fierce Syria clashes on Lebanese border force government to launch tighter border policies". Al Bawaba. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ Diaa Hadid (5 January 2014). "Syrian rebels battle Al-Qaeda-linked fighters". The Daily Star.
- ^ "More than 40 casualties, wounded and missing in a new massacre carried out by international coalition’s warplanes in Tabaqa city", syriahr.com, 22 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "IS conflict: US airlift backs new assault near Raqqa stronghold", bbc.co.uk, 22 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "IS eliminated all Shiites, Christians and Ismailis belongings | ANHA". Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "US-backed Syrian forces 'fully capture' Tabqa from ISIL". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "US-backed forces seize Syria's Tabqa, dam from ISIS". Agence-France Presse. Al Arabiya. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "IS Eliminated All Shiites, Christians and Ismailis Belongings". Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Stranded: the Forgotten Assyrians of Al-Tharwah, Syria". Assyrian International News Agency. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Climate: Al-Thawrah". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
