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Al-Kasrah ٱلْكَسْرَة | |
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Town | |
  Al-Kasrah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°33′57.82″N 39°55′1.33″E / 35.5660611°N 39.9170361°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Deir ez-Zor |
| Subdistrict | Al-Kasrah |
| Control |  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 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 2017-11-22.
- ^ "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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