Tischrin dam
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 22 '52 " N , 38 ° 10' 57" E | ||||
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The Tischrin Dam ( Arabic سد تشرين, DMG Sadd Tišrīn ) is located on the Euphrates in northern Syria about 90 km east of Aleppo . Qalʿat Nadschm Castle is located on its bank . The dam was flooded in 1999. Neolithic traces of settlement were secured beforehand.
In the course of the Syrian civil war , the dam was taken first in November 2012 by the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) and on May 14, 2014 by troops of the terrorist Islamic State (IS). Around Christmas 2015 it was captured by units of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). An attempt at recapture by IS in January 2016 failed.
The road leading over the dam was considered to be an important supply link for IS between their core areas around ar-Raqqa on the one hand and Manbij and the Turkish-Syrian border crossing at Jarabulus on the other.
As a result of the Turkish military offensive in northern Syria in 2019 , the Tischrin Dam was taken over by the Syrian army .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter MMG Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz: The archeology of Syria. From complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies (approx. 16,000-300 BC). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2003, ISBN 0-521-79666-0 .
- ↑ Bassem Mroue: Activists: Syrian rebels seize major dam in north. The Daily Star , November 26, 2012, accessed December 27, 2015
- ^ IS audio message: Perseverance slogans from the terror chief. In: Spiegel Online . December 27, 2015, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 15, 2016 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.
- ↑ Elke Dangeleit, Michael Knapp: Success of the Kurds against IS disrupts Turkish interests. Telepolis , December 27, 2015, accessed the same day
