Tall Abyad

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the place in Egypt see Tell Abyad .

Tall Abyad
Tall Abyad
Coordinates	36 ° 42 ′  N , 38 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 42 ′  N , 38 ° 57 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Syria
Governorate	ar-Raqqa
District	Tall Abyad
height	355 m
Residents	14,825 (2004)
Armenian Holy Cross Church in Tall Abyad

Tall Abyad , in German media also Tal Abjad ( Arabic تل أبيض, DMG Tall Abyaḍ ; Kurdish گرێ سپی Girê Sipî ; dt. 'white hill'), is a city in the Syrian governorate ar-Raqqa . Tall Abyad is the capital of the Tall Abyad district of the same name . The city is located on the Belich River on the border with Turkey across from the Turkish city of Akçakale . Both cities formed a single city within the Ottoman Empire before Turkey and Syria were founded. Tall Abyad had 14,825 inhabitants in 2004, consisting of Arabs , Kurds and Syrian Christians .

civil war in Syria

Turkish artillery strikes in Tall Abyad in October 2019.

In the course of the Syrian civil war , armed clashes between Kurdish and Islamist forces broke out in and around the city. On July 20, 2013, Kurds temporarily detained the local commander ( Emir ), Abu Musab, of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). There were also clashes between Jabhat al-Akrad and Jabhat al-Nusra .

The area around Tall Abyad, a border corridor with Turkey , had become the scene of fighting between Kurds, FSA and radical Islamists. According to Kurdish reports, Turkish armed forces have also participated with drones and artillery.

In February 2015, Kurdish troops launched a major attack on the IS-occupied city. In June 2015 there was fierce fighting over Tall Abyad, during which the alliance Burkān al-Furāt succeeded in liberating the city from IS units. On June 16, 2015, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that Kurdish units had recaptured the city.

On October 10, 2019, Turkish troops and allied militias invaded northern Syria. The offensive was prepared with air strikes and artillery fire, with Tall Abyad being one of the focal points of the Turkish attacks.

See also

• Tell Sabi Abyad
• Border between Turkey and Syria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ نتائج تعداد السكان والمساكن لعام 2004 على مستوى المدينة / قرية . ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (German: results of the population and housing census of 2004 at the city / village level) www.cbssyr.org, accessed on June 15, 2015.
   Khalil al-Hemlo: Kurds brace for Tell Abyad battle . ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Al-Monitor March 2, 2015. Original: Arabic  اقرا المقال الأصلي باللغة العربية; Translation from Arabic: Joelle El-Khoury (English).
2. ^ Jihadists holding Kurdish civilians in north Syria. Agence France-Presse article in GlobalPost , July 21, 2013, accessed October 12, 2013 . Syrian Kurds capture jihadist commander in northern province. al-Arabiya , July 21, 2013, accessed October 12, 2013 . Erika Solomon: Islamist-Kurdish fighting spreads in rebel-held Syria. Reuters , July 21, 2013, accessed October 12, 2013 . Asharq Al-Awsat: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria targets Kurdish neighborhoods. (No longer available online.) The Majalla, July 23, 2013, archived from the original on October 14, 2013 ; Retrieved October 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
    
    
     
3. ↑ Namik Durukan: Syrian Kurdish Forces Surround Border Crossing. (No longer available online.) Al-Monitor, July 24, 2013, archived from the original on October 14, 2013 ; Retrieved October 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Mohammad Ballout: Jihadists' Rise, Kurdish Self-Rule Disrupt Syrian Alliances. (No longer available online.) Al-Monitor, July 24, 2013, archived from the original on October 14, 2013 ; Retrieved October 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Next IS stronghold is to fall: Kurds fight for Tal Abjad . n-tv.de , February 10, 2015.
6. ↑ Fighting in Syria: Refugees from Tall Abjad cross the border into Turkey . Spiegel Online , June 14, 2015.
7. ^ YPG succeed in uniting the cantons of Cizîrê and Kobanê . ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kurdish News, June 15, 2015. 
8. ↑ Fight against IS: Syrian Kurds conquer Tall Abjad . Spiegel Online, June 16, 2015, accessed on the same day.
9. ↑ Fighting rages as Turkey steps up assault against Kurdish forces. In: aljazeera.com. October 11, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 .