Al-Suwar

Al-Suwar
Al-Suwar; صور
	Al-Suwar
	Coordinates: 35°30′23″N 40°39′42″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Deir ez-Zor
District	Deir ez-Zor
Subdistrict	al-Suwar
Population (2004)[1]
• Total	5,279[1]
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Suwar (Arabic: صور‎, also spelled as-Suwar or al-Suwwar) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Khabur river, north-east of Deir ez-Zor. In 2004, there were 5297 inhabitants.

History

In the past, most scholars identified al-Suwar with Suru (Su-ú-ru), the capital city of Aramean state Bit-Halupe at the time of Tukulti-Ninurta II; however, Suru is now generally identified with nearby Tell Fiden instead.[2][3] Edward Lipinski instead identified al-Suwar with the town of *Ṣūriḫ or *Ṣuwariḫ (Ṣú-ú-ri-iḫ), the first town mentioned by the king Adad-nirari II in the province of Laqe on the Khabur river.[3]

Civil war

During the Syrian Civil War, the town fell under ISIL occupation until it was liberated by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces during an offensive in September 2017.[4]

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References

"General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-09-27.
Bonacossi, Daniele Morandi (1996). ""Landscapes of Power" The Political Organisation of Space in the Lower Habur Valley in the Neo-Assyrian Period". State Archives of Assyria Bulletin. X (2): 15–49. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
Lipiński, Edward (2000). The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion. Leuven: Peeters. p. 83. ISBN 90-429-0859-9. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
Kurdish forces capture major ISIS stronghold in east Deir Ezzor

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[CBS-1] "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-09-27.

[Bonacossi-2] Bonacossi, Daniele Morandi (1996). ""Landscapes of Power" The Political Organisation of Space in the Lower Habur Valley in the Neo-Assyrian Period". State Archives of Assyria Bulletin. X (2): 15–49. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[Lipinski-3] Lipiński, Edward (2000). The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion. Leuven: Peeters. p. 83. ISBN 90-429-0859-9. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[4] Kurdish forces capture major ISIS stronghold in east Deir Ezzor