Tabiyet Jazira
Tabiyet Jazira
طابية جزيرة | |
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Town | |
Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°16′50″N 40°18′55″E / 35.28056°N 40.31528°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Deir ez-Zor District |
| Subdistrict | Khasham Subdistrict |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,801 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C5144 |
Tabiyet Jazira, alternatively rendered as at Tabiyah, al Tabiyeh, Al Tabiyyah, Al Tabiya or Al Tabiah (Arabic: طابية جزيرة), is a town in Deir ez-Zor District, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tabiyah had a population of 1,801 in the 2004 census.
Geography
Tabiyet Jazira is located on the Euphrates river, on the east bank. The Tabiya (or "Conoco", after the company ConocoPhillips) gas field and plant lie about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north of the town.
History
On 7 February 2018, during the Battle of Khasham of the Syrian civil war, a pro-regime Syrian tribal militia group advanced under cover of night from Tabiyet Jazira and attacked a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) base near Khasham. The attack was unsuccessful, as the SDF's American allies "struck back with their entire destructive arsenal", leading to high casualties among the pro-regime forces, including Russian mercenary Wagner Group soldiers.
