Tabiyet Jazira
Tabiyet Jazira, alternatively rendered as at Tabiyah, al Tabiyeh, Al Tabiyyah, Al Tabiya or Al Tabiah (Arabic: طابية جزيرة), is a town in Deir ez-Zor District, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tabiyah had a population of 1,801 in the 2004 census.
Geography
Tabiyet Jazira is located on the Euphrates river, on the east bank. The Tabiya (or "Conoco", after the company ConocoPhillips) gas field and plant lie about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north of the town.
History
On February 7, 2018, during the Battle of Khasham of the Syrian civil war, a pro-regime Syrian tribal militia group advanced under cover of night from Tabiyet Jazira and attacked a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) base near Khasham. The attack was unsuccessful, as the SDF's American allies "struck back with their entire destructive arsenal", leading to high casualties among the pro-regime forces, including Russian mercenary Wagner Group soldiers.
References
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Archived from the original on 13 November 2023.
- ^ Reuter, Christoph (2 March 2018). "American Fury: The Truth About the Russian Deaths in Syria: Hundreds of Russian soldiers are alleged to have died in U.S. airstrikes at the beginning of February. Reporting by DER SPIEGEL shows that events were likely very different". Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04.
- ^ "Syrian Kurds Cut Secret Gas Deal With Russian Forces". OilPrice.com. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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