Al-Kasrah
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Town in Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Al-Kasrah
ٱلْكَسْرَة | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Al-Kasrah is located in Syria Al-Kasrah Al-Kasrah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°33′57.82′′N 39°55′1.33′′E / 35.5660611°N 39.9170361°E / 35.5660611; 39.9170361 | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Deir ez-Zor |
| Subdistrict | Al-Kasrah |
| Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 7,659 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C5096 |
Al-Kasrah (Arabic: ٱلْكَسْرَة, romanized: al-Kasrah) is a Syrian town located in Deir ez-Zor District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Kasrah had a population of 7,659 in the 2004 census.[1]
Syrian Civil War
[edit ]On 8 May 2014, the town was captured by ISIL during the Deir ez-Zor offensive.[2] The SDF, backed by American air support, would assume control of it by late 2017. Many residents fled or were forcibly expelled while the region was under ISIL control, by April of 2018 93% of the non-IDP population of the entire Al-Kasrah sub-district were recent returnees.[3] As of 2022, the town of Al-Kasrah had a population of 5,770, a figure which includes a number of IDPs from the surrounding region.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "General Census of Population 2004" . Retrieved 2017年11月22日.
- ^ "تقدم للدولة الاسلامية في ريف دير الزور واتفاق حمص يصل الى خواتيمه". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (in Arabic). 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Syria: Deir-ez-Zor: Situation Overview and Sub-district Profiles, April 2018" (PDF). Reliefweb. 18 April 2018. p. 5. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Investigation Report of Kasra and Sawa Communities (Kisreh Sub-district)" (PDF). Syrian Water Resources Platform. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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