Al-Quriyah القورية | |
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City | |
  Al-Quriyah | |
| Coordinates:35°0′9″N40°30′42″E / 35.00250°N 40.51167°E /35.00250; 40.51167 | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Mayadin |
| Subdistrict | Al-Quriyah |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 70,680 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Quriyah (Arabic:القورية,romanized: al-Qūriyah, also spelledQurieh) is a city in easternSyria, administratively part of theDeir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the eastern bank of theEuphrates River, south ofDeir ez-Zor. Nearby localities includeDiban, Mahkan andal-Tayanah to the north,Mayadin to the northwest andal-Asharah,Darnaj andSuwaydan Jazirah to the south. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Quriyah had a population of 70680 in the 2004 census, making it the largest locality in theal-Asharah subdistrict ("nahiyah.")[1]
On 30 March 2012 theSyrian Army opened fire on a demonstration in al-Quriyah, resulting in clashes that left five people dead according to theSyrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).[2] According to SOHR, fighting in al-Quriyah resulted in the deaths of five Syrian Army soldiers, four rebels and one civilian.[3] On 24 May 2012 clashes between rebels and government forces ended with the death of one soldier and a young civilian man according to opposition activists.[4] A nearby oil pipeline was blown up by armed opposition groups on 6 June 2012.[5] On 22 October 2017, Syrian Army took Al-Quriyah.[6]
On December 6, 2024,Islamic State (IS) cells occupied Al-Quriyah after pro-Assad forces abandoned the area during the2024 Syrian opposition offensives.[7] On December 7, 2024, it's likely Rebels forces captured the settlement from the IS.[8]
