Al-Suwar ( ar, صُوَر, Ṣuwar, also spelled as-Suwar or al-Suwwar) is a town in eastern

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, administratively part of the

Deir ez-Zor Governorate Deir ez-Zor Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة دير الزور / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Dayr az-Zawr'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in eastern Syria, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 33,060 km2 ( ...

, located along the Khabur river, north-east of Deir ez-Zor. In 2004, there were 5297 inhabitants.

History

In the past, most scholars identified al-Suwar with Suru (''Su-ú-ru''), the capital city of Aramean state

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at the time of

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; however, Suru is now generally identified with nearby

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instead. Edward Lipinski instead identified al-Suwar with the town of ''*Ṣūriḫ'' or ''*Ṣuwariḫ'' (''Ṣú-ú-ri-iḫ)'', the first town mentioned by the king Adad-nirari II in the province of Laqe on the Khabur river.

Civil war

During the Syrian Civil War, the town fell under ISIL occupation until it was liberated by

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-backed

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during an offensive in September 2017.Kurdish forces capture major ISIS stronghold in east Deir Ezzor
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References

{{Deir ez-Zor Governorate Populated places in Deir ez-Zor District Towns in Syria