Bizaʿa

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بزاعة Bizāʿa
Bizaʿa
Bizaʿa (Syria)
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Coordinates 36 ° 23 '  N , 37 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 23 '  N , 37 ° 34'  E
Basic data
Country Syria

Governorate

Aleppo
District al-Bab
Residents 12,718 (2004)

Bizaʿa is a village in Syria , 3 kilometers east of Al-Bab . It belongs to the Aleppo governorate . In 2004 it had 12,718 inhabitants.

As part of the civil war in Syria , the city was occupied by the so-called " Islamic State ". On February 4, 2017, the city was liberated by troops of the Free Syrian Army and Turkish Armed Forces during Operation Euphrates Shield .