Al-Quriyah (, also spelled Qurieh) is a city in eastern

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 ...

, administratively part of the

Deir ez-Zor Governorate Deir ez-Zor Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Dayr az-Zawr,'' Kurdish'':'' ''Parêzgeha Dêrezor'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in eastern Syria, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 33,060 k ...

, located along the eastern bank of the

Euphrates River The Euphrates ( ; see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through S ...

, south of

Deir ez-Zor Deir ez-Zor () is the largest city in eastern Syria and the seventh largest in the country. Located on the banks of the Euphrates to the northeast of the capital Damascus, Deir ez-Zor is the capital of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. In the 2018 ...

. Nearby localities include Diban, Mahkan and al-Tayanah to the north,

Mayadin Mayadin (/ALA-LC: ''al-Miyādīn'') is a town in eastern Syria. It is the capital of the Mayadin District, part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. Mayadin is about 44 kilometers southeast of Deir ez-Zor. The Euphrates River flows through the town ...

to the northwest and

al-Asharah Al-Asharah (, also spelled al-Ashareh or Esharah) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Euphrates River, south of Deir ez-Zor. Nearby localities include al-Quriyah to the northeast, Makh ...

, Darnaj and Suwaydan Jazirah to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Quriyah had a population of 70680 in the 2004 census, making it the largest locality in the

subdistrict ("

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.")General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. On 30 March 2012 the

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opened fire on a demonstration in al-Quriyah, resulting in clashes that left five people dead according to the

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(SOHR). According to SOHR, fighting in al-Quriyah resulted in the deaths of five Syrian Army soldiers, four rebels and one civilian. On 24 May 2012 clashes between rebels and government forces ended with the death of one soldier and a young civilian man according to opposition activists. A nearby oil pipeline was blown up by armed opposition groups on 6 June 2012. On 22 October 2017, Syrian Army took Al-Quriyah. On December 6, 2024,

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(IS) cells occupied Al-Quriyah after pro-Assad forces abandoned the area during the

2024 Syrian opposition offensives On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad, Syrian revolutionary factions called the Military Operations Command led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkey, Turkish-backed groups in the Syria ...

. On December 7, 2024, it's likely Rebels forces captured the settlement from the IS. https://x.com/syr_television/status/1865392519166546135 ''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Quriyah Populated places in Mayadin District Populated places on the Euphrates River Villages in Syria