Al-Jarniyah (Arabic: الجرنية), also written ''Jurneyyeh'', is a town in
Raqqa Governorate
Raqqa Governorate (, Kurdish: ''Parêzgeha Reqa'') is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in the north of the country and covers an area of 19,618 km2. The capital is Raqqa. The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant claim ...
,
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
. It is the administrative centre of
Al-Jarniyah subdistrict
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of Al-Thawrah District in Raqqa Governorate (Syria), approximately west of Raqqa. The subdistrict population at the 2004 census was 31,786.
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict is bounded by Lake Assad to the West ...
in
Al-Thawrah District
Al-Thawrah District () is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Thawrah. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 159,840.
Sub-districts
The district of al-Thawrah is divid ...
. The population of the town at the 2004 census was 2,686.
The town and much of the subdistrict are currently controlled by the
Syrian Democratic Forces
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a Kurds in Syria, Kurdish-led coalition of U.S.-backed Left-wing politics, left-wing ethnic militias and rebel groups, and serves as the official military wing of the Democratic Autonomous Administration ...
, following 2 years of
ISIL
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS occupied signif ...
control since 2014.
Syrian Civil War
The
ISIL
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS occupied signif ...
control of the town was ended in December 2016, when
SDF forces cut off and cleared a large part of the
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of Al-Thawrah District in Raqqa Governorate (Syria), approximately west of Raqqa. The subdistrict population at the 2004 census was 31,786.
Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict is bounded by Lake Assad to the West ...
.
See also
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Raqqa offensive (2016–17)
Raqqa (, also , Kurdish: ''Reqa'') is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city and bishopric Callinicu ...
References
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Populated places in al-Thawrah District