Deir Jmal

Deir alJmal
دير الجمال
Town
Deir alJmal is located in Syria
Deir alJmal
Deir alJmal
Location of Deir alJmal in Syria
Coordinates: 36°26′42″N 37°01′41″E / 36.44489°N 37.02819°E / 36.44489; 37.02819
CountrySyria
GovernorateAleppo
DistrictAzaz
SubdistrictTell Rifaat
ControlSyrian opposition Syrian Interim Government[1]
Population
 (2010)[2]
10,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1620

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.[2]

Syrian Civil War

During the Syrian Civil War, the town was fought over in 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.[3] In the summer, the Kurdish Front took the town[4] but lost it in late 2015 to the rebels.[5]

On the 8 February 2016, the Syrian Democratic Forces captured Deir Jamal.[6] On 12 March 2018, during the Afrin offensive (January–March 2018), it was handed over to the Syrian Army.[7]

See also: Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)

On May 7 2022, a Syrian soldier was killed in the village after Turkish and SNA forces shelled the village with artillery.[8]

References

  1. ^ "More than 200,000 Syrians trapped in Operation "Dawn of Freedom"... Communications cut off in northern Aleppo countryside and fears of massacres against Kurdish citizens" (in Arabic). SOHR. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tell Rifaat" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2016-09-05. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  3. ^ Three-sided war helps Syrian army regain ground Al Monitor (As-Safir), 15 January 2014
  4. ^ Rebels of Jabhat al-Akrad regains control over areas near Aleppo Archived 2014-02-16 at archive.today, aranews.
  5. ^ "Russian Fighter Jets Bomb Militant Centers in Syria's Aleppo". Fars news. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Dayr Jamal".
  7. ^ "النظام السوري يتسلم ثماني مناطق جنوب عفرين". Enabbaladi. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Rocket and artillery shelling | Two regime soldiers killed in Turkish bombardment on Kurdish forces and regime positions, north of Aleppo". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 7 May 2022.


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