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Gharanij (Arabic: غَرَانِيج, romanized: Ġarānīj) is a Syrian town located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Gharanij had a population of 23,009 in the 2004 census.[1]

Gharanij
غَرَانِيج
Town
Gharanij
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°47′2″N 40°43′42″E
Country Syria
GovernorateDeir ez-Zor
DistrictAbu Kamal
SubdistrictHajin
Control Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population
 (2004)
 • Total23,009
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC5173

On 9 December 2017, Gharanij was captured by Syrian Democratic Forces in their Deir ez-Zor campaign.[2] On 21 December 2017, the Islamic State still controlled the town but was once again liberated by the Syrian Democratic Forces in late February.[3][4][5]


References


  1. "General Census of Population 2004". HumanitarianResponse. 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2017 – via Office.com.
  2. "SDF Seizes Gharanij Town Eastern Deir Ezzor". Qasioun News Agency. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. "Airstrikes target the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor and the regime forces target the countryside of Homs and Quneitra". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. R., Azad [@RedMarksman762] (13 January 2018). "It has been a very interesting and intense week of fights at the front in Khara'ij, against ISIS. Luckily alive, but we did a very good job. Also prisoners have been taken. Pushing daesh till the end, they still resist but they are almost defeated. - Azad Marxman on Twitter" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 November 2018 – via Twitter.
  5. R., Azad [@RedMarksman762] (7 February 2018). "Khara'ij (#DeirEzzor province) is still full war zone, #SDF & #YPG front against #ISIS. When I came back from the front, I noticed that Abu Hammam started to get populated, few people in the streets, some shops are open. We were fighting there and liberated the town in December. - Azad Marxman on Twitter" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 November 2018 – via Twitter.


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