Al-Shaddadah
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al-Shaddadah الشدادة Şeddadê |
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 al-Shaddadah
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| Coordinates: 36°03′22″N 40°43′49″E / 36.0561°N 40.7303°ECoordinates: 36°03′22″N 40°43′49″E / 36.0561°N 40.7303°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Hasakah |
| Subdistrict | al-Shaddadah |
| Population (2004) | 15,806 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Geocode | C4446 |
Al-Shaddadah or al-Shaddadi (Arabic: الشدادي, Kurdish: Şeddadê ) is a town in southern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The town is administrative center of the al-Shaddadah Nahiya consisting of 16 municipalities. At the 2004 census, al-Shaddadah had a population of 15,806. As a preliminary result of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, it today is situated in Jazira Canton within the autonomous Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava framework.
The town's name might be derived from "Shadadu"; a governor of the destrict of "Suru" mentioned in the annals of the Assyria king Assurnasirpal II. The town is situated off the western bank of the Khabur River. Nearby localities include al-Sabaa wa Arbain to the west.
In the course of the Syrian Civil War, the city was attacked by the al-Nusra Front in the February 2013 Battle of Shadadeh and was captured 3 days later. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, over 100 Syrian Arab Army soldiers and 40 al-Nusra fighters were killed, as well as dozens of petroleum workers.
The city was later controlled by the Islamic State and as of late 2015 remained one of the last ISIL strongholds in the province.
When in October 2015, Kurdish YPG and their multiethnic partners, including the al-Sanadid Forces of the Arab Shammar tribe, joined forces to form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), al-Sanadid leader Bandar al-Humaydi made it an "immediate priority to liberate al-Hawl and al-Shaddadah from the Islamic State.”
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