Sarrin

Sarrin

Sarrin

Town in Aleppo, Syria

This article is about the town in Syria. For the 1st-century rabbi, see Rabbi Akiva.
Not to be confused with sarin.

Sarrin (Arabic: صرين,[2] also spelled Serrin or Sareen) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northeast of Aleppo. It is situated 3 kilometers east of the Euphrates River, south of Kobanî and east of Manbij.[3]

Sarrin is the administrative center of Nahiya Sarrin of the Ayn al-Arab District.
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In the 2004 census, the town of Sarrin had a population of 6,140, while the Sarrin subdistrict had a total population of 70,522 mostly Arab.[1]

During the Syrian Civil War, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized control of the town in September 2013.[4] In March 2015, Kurds from the People's Protection Units (YPG), alongside Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels, launched an attack to take control of the strategic town.[5][6] On July 27, 2015, the town came under the control of Kurdish YPG forces.[7][8]

See also

References

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    "2004 Census Data for Sarrin nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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    Ashkenas, Jeremy; Tse, Archie; Watkins, Derek; Yourish, Karen (July 3, 2014). "A Rogue State Along Two Rivers" – via NYTimes.com.
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    "Syrian Kurds, rebels find common enemy in ISIS - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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    "Kurds cut key IS supply route in northern Syria: monitor". France 24. July 27, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
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    "Syrian Kurds capture town from ISIS in north: activists". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 July 2015.


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