Abu Hamam
Abu Hamam (Arabic: أبو حمام, Kurdish: Ebû Hemam) is a Syrian town located in the Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 21,947 during the 2004 census.[1]
Syrian civil war
Abu Hamam was captured from the Islamic State by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on 1 December 2017.[2]
On 3 March 2022, a fighter with the SDF was shot dead in the town by a Islamic State gunmen.[3]
On 3 June 2022, two fighters and a smuggler were killed after SDF forces launched an anti-smuggling operation in the town.[4]
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ "The SDF and the DEMC gain control over the Hawi Abu Hamam area". Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ "ISIS resurgence | Unidentified gunmen assassinate SDF fighter in eastern Deir Ezzor". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Security campaign | Two SDF fighters killed in violent clashes with smugglers at river crossings in eastern Deir Ezzor". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 3 June 2022.
