Abu Hamam ( ar, أبو حمام) is a

Syrian Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...

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located in

Abu Kamal District Abu Kamal District ( ar-at, منطقة البوكمال, manṭiqat Albūkamāl) is a district of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Abu Kamal. At the 2004 census, the district had a popula ...

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. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Abu Hamam had a population of 21,947 in the 2004 census.

Syrian Civil War

Abu Hamam was captured by

Syrian Democratic Forces , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svgborder , caption = Flag , active = 10 October 2015 – present , ideology = DemocracyDecentralizationSecularism ...

(SDF) on 1 December 2017. On 3 March 2022, a fighter of the SDF was shot dead in the town by Islamic State (IS) gunmen. On 3 June 2022, two SDF fighters and a smuggler were killed after SDF forces launched an anti-smuggling operation in the town.

References

Populated places in Deir ez-Zor Governorate Populated places on the Euphrates River {{Syria-geo-stub