Khatuniyah (Arabic: خاتونية بحرة, romanized: Khātūnīyah) is a village near al-Hawl in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.

Khatuniyah خاتونية بحرة
Village
Khatuniyah Location of Khatuniyah in Syria
Coordinates: 36°25′22″N 41°13′12″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Hasakah
Subdistrict	al-Hawl
Population  (2004)[1]	1,218
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C4513

The village is located on a small peninsula at the northeastern shore of al-Khatuniyah Lake (Arabic: بحرة الخاتونية, romanized: Baḩrat al Khātūnīyah, close to the border with Iraq. Northwest of the town, a main road that connects the provincial capital al-Hasakah, which is located around 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the west, with the Rabia border crossing towards Iraq.

Administratively the village belongs to the al-Hawl Nahiya of al-Hasakah District. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 1,218.[1]

History

During the Syrian Civil War, the area was occupied by the Islamic State. The village was however captured on 11 November 2015 by the Syrian Democratic Forces in the course of their al-Hawl offensive.[2]

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