Al-Shaafah
Al-Shaafah (Arabic: الشعفة, romanized: aš-Ša'fah) is a Syrian town located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Shaafah had a population of 18,956 in the 2004 census.
The town was part of the last strip of land in Syria controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). On 6 January 2019, the town was fully captured by SDF.
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ "Breaking: SDF troops capture ISIS stronghold east of Euphrates". Al-Masdar News. 6 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
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