Muhasan ( ar, مُوحَسَّن, al-Mūh̨assan, also spelled al-Mohassan or Almu Hasan) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Euphrates River, south of

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and 120 kilometers west of the border with

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. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Muhasan had a population of 9,501 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. Muhasan nahiyah

In the early 1950s the Syrian Communist Party began gaining support in several

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and Sunni Muslim towns in the country, including Muhasan which came to be locally known as "Little Moscow," in reference to capital of the former

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. In the summer of 1953 the peasant tribesmen of the al-Aqaydat tribe initiated resistance against the encroachments of a regionally powerful mercantile clan specializing in the grain trade, money lending and gas pumps and having one of their own as Minister of Agriculture. Under guidance from communist teachers in Deir ez-Zor and local communist activists from the town's primary school, the peasant ''musha'' ("

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") landholders formed a public company and purchased two gas pumps and two tractors with domestically raised funds, thereby ending their dependence on the wealthy clan.Batatu, 1999, pp. 120-121.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muhasan Populated places in Deir ez-Zor District Populated places on the Euphrates River Towns in Syria