Al-Kawm ( ar, الكوم; also spelled, el-Kowm) is a village in the
al-Kowm oasis in central
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 ...
north of
al-Sukhnah and south of
Raqqa. The oasis also contains a series of important archaeological sites, together known as
El Kowm. In 2004 the village had a population of 1,771.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate.
During the Syrian Civil War ISIS mostly had control over this town until the SAA captured it on 14 August 2017.
Between 12-13 December 2022, ISIS militants temporarily took control of the town for day under the cover of fog following clashes near the area on 12 December, that resulted in the deaths of 6 Syrian soldiers.
References
Populated places in Tadmur District
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