Tell Hamis

Tell Hamis (Arabic: تل حميس‎, Kurdish: Til Hemîs‎) is a town in northeastern Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The Wadi Jarrah flows through the town. It is the administrative center of Nahiya Tell Hamis, consisting of 129 localities, part of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

Tell Hamis

تل حميس

Til Hemîs
Town
Tell Hamis
Location of Tell Hamis in Syria
Coordinates: 36.7586°N 41.3989°E / 36.7586; 41.3989
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictQamishli
SubdistrictTell Hamis
Control Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population
 (2004)[1]
5,161
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC4639

At the 2004 census, Tell Hamis had a population of 5,161.[1] The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Arabs.[2]

Syrian Civil War

After falling to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, it was retaken by Kurdish YPG forces and the Syriac Military Council (MFS) on February 27, 2015.[3][4]

As a consequence of the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, SDF invited the Syrian Arab Army into the areas under its rule. The Syrian flag was raised in the center of the town.[5]

References
  1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tell Hamis" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. "Kurdish forces regain new villages near Qamishli after ISIS withdrawal". Aranews. 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. "Kurdish forces 'capture strategic IS Syria bastion'". AFP. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  4. https://twitter.com/SyriacMFS/status/572109237121359872
  5. https://twitter.com/watanisy/status/1183713518094340099


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