Sawran, Aleppo Governorate
Sawran
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Sawran (
A'zaz and Kafra to the west, Ihtaimlat and Dabiq to the east and Mare' to the south. In the 2004 census, Sawran had a population of 6,988.[1] The town includes Turkmens.[2]
History
Sawran's history dates back to the
Tiglath Pileser III.[4]
During the
Arab Christian center and contained a fortified monastery. During early Islamic rule, Sawran was part of Jund Qinnasrin ("Military District of Chalcis"), part of the larger Bilad al-Sham province.[5]
Syrian civil war
During the
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took control of the town on 31 May 2015.[7] On 16 October 2016, Turkish-backed rebels captured the town from ISIL.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Sawran, Aleppo Governorate" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- ^ Youssef, Houssein (2014). Halep Türkmen Masallarının Propp Metodu Açısından Çözümlenmesi (PDF). Ankara. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bryce, 2009, pp. 674-675.
- ^ Lipinsky, 2000, pp. 210-211.
- ^ Shahid, 2009, p. 404.
- ^ Baiou, Sabrine (2021-11-29). "Under the Guise of Aid: The Far-Right French NGO Allegedly Supporting War Crimes in Syria". New Lines Institute. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Dozens reported killed in violence across Syria". Al Jazeera. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Syria conflict: Rebels 'capture' IS stronghold of Dabiq". BBC News. 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ السيطرة على دابق تقضي على أهم ذرائع تنظيم “الدولة الإسلامية”.
Bibliography
- Bryce, Trevor (2009). The Routledge Handbook of The People and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Earky Bronze Age to the fall of the Persians Empire. Routledge. ISBN 978-1134159086.
- Lipinsky, Edward (2000). The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9042908599.
- Shahid, Irfan (2009). Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Part 2. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0884023470.
