Bizaʿa
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بزاعة Bizāʿa Bizaʿa |
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 23 ' N , 37 ° 34' E | ||
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| Country | Syria | ||
| Aleppo | |||
| District | al-Bab | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SY-HL | ||
| 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 .