Deir Jmal

Deir Jmal (Arabic: دير جمال‎) is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located north of Aleppo, it is administratively part of Nahiya Tell Rifaat in A'zaz District. Nearby localities include Tell Rifaat and Mare' to the east, A'zaz to the north, Mayer and al-Zahraa to the south. In the 2004 census, Deir Jamal had a population of 4,287.[1]

Deir alJmal دير الجمال
Town
Deir alJmal Location of Deir alJmal in Syria
Coordinates: 36°26′42″N 37°01′41″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Aleppo
District	Azaz
Subdistrict	Tell Rifaat
Population  (2010)[1]	10,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C1620

Syrian Civil War

During the Syrian Civil War, the town was fought over in several battles. After the rebels took over the town in 2012 it was captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in January 2014.[2] In the summer, the Kurdish Front took the town[3] but lost it in late 2015 to the rebels.[4]

On the 8 February 2016, the Syrian Democratic Forces captured Deir Jamal.[5] On 12 March 2018, during the Afrin offensive (January–March 2018), it was handed over to the Syrian Army.[6]

References

1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tell Rifaat" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
2. Three-sided war helps Syrian army regain ground Al Monitor (As-Safir), 15 January 2014
3. Rebels of Jabhat al-Akrad regains control over areas near Aleppo Archived 2014-02-16 at Archive.today, aranews.
4. "Russian Fighter Jets Bomb Militant Centers in Syria's Aleppo". Fars news. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
5. http://wikimapia.org/6072908/Deir-Jemal
6. "النظام السوري يتسلم ثماني مناطق جنوب عفرين". Enabbaladi. Retrieved 12 March 2018.