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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.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  2. ^ "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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