Abu Hamam

Abu Hamam أبو حمام
Town
Abu Hamam Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°49′57″N 40°39′43″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Deir ez-Zor
District	Abu Kamal
Subdistrict	Hajin
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population  (2004)
• Total	21,947
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode	C5174

Abu Hamam (Arabic: أبو حمام) is a Syrian town located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 21,947 in the 2004 census.[1]

Syrian civil war

See also: Syrian civil war

Abu Hamam was captured from the Islamic State by Syrian Democratic Forces on 1 December 2017.[2]

On 3 March 2022, a fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces was shot dead in the town by Islamic State gunmen.[3]

On 3 June 2022, two fighters and a smuggler were killed after Syrian forces launched an anti-smuggling operation in the town.[4]

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-12-01.
2. "The SDF and the DEMC gain control over the Hawi Abu Hamam area". Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
3. "ISIS resurgence | Unidentified gunmen assassinate SDF fighter in eastern Deir Ezzor". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 3 March 2022.
4. "Security campaign | Two SDF fighters killed in violent clashes with smugglers at river crossings in eastern Deir Ezzor". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 3 June 2022.