Tadamon ( ar, التضامن, at-Taḍāmun; also spelled ''Tadamoun'' or ''Tadamun'') is a neighborhood and district of the
al-Midan municipality of
Damascus
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Syria
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The neighborhood has been
active in the Syrian civil war.
History
Until the 1960s, the area of Tadamon was largely covered by orchards.
However, the area began to be populated by Syrians who had fled the
Golan Heights
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Israel
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occupied that region in the 1967
Six Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 Ju ...
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The area also saw an influx of Syrians moving in from the countryside of
Damascus
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Most of the people who moved to Tadamon built their homes without government permits and the area has since developed as an informal neighborhood where roughly 90% of homes lack formally registered property deeds.
During the
Syrian Civil War, in 2012, most of Tadamon was overrun by rebels fighting under the banner of the
Free Syrian Army (FSA).
In 2013, the area was the site of the
Tadamon massacre, where 280+ people were executed by
Syrian Military Intelligence personnel. In 2015, the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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(ISIL), took over part of the district from the FSA.
Government forces reasserted complete control of Tadamon in a military offensive in 2018.
Population
According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Tadamon had a population of 86,793 in the 2004 census.
[Damascus city population]
According to ''
Agence France-Presse
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'', Tadamon had a pre-war population of 250,000 but most of the inhabitants fled the area during war.
As of late 2018, the population of the district is around 65,000.
References
{{Municipalities of Damascus, midan
Neighborhoods of Damascus