Tal Hamis

تل حميس / Tall Ḥamīs Tal Hamis
Tal Hamis
Coordinates	36 ° 45 ′  N , 41 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 45 ′  N , 41 ° 24 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	Qamishli
Residents	71,699 (2004)

Tal Hamis or Tell Hamis ( Arabic تل حميس, DMG Tall Ḥamīs ) is a village and sub- district of the same name ( Nahiya ) of the Qamishli district in the al-Hasakah governorate in northeast Syria . The place is northeast of al-Hasakah and west of the city of Til Košir on the border with Iraq . The Wadi Jarrah flows through the place, a tributary of the Chabur . The subdistrict had 71,699 inhabitants in the 2004 census.

history

The place was on 27 February 2015 fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and fighters of the Assyrian-Aramaic Military Council (MFS) from IS recaptured. The recapture was considered the most important Kurdish success since the recapture of Kobanê . At the same time, according to Kurdish information, 94 surrounding villages were liberated.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2004 census ( memento of March 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Kurdish News ( online ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )