Al-Salihiyah الصالحية | |
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Village | |
  Al-Salihiyah | |
| Coordinates:34°46′03″N40°38′45″E / 34.767616°N 40.645784°E /34.767616; 40.645784 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Abu Kamal |
| Subdistrict | al-Jalaa |
| Control | Syrian transitional government |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 4,471 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Salihiyah (Arabic:الصالحية; also spelledSalhiyé) is a town in easternSyria, administratively part of theDeir ez-Zor Governorate, located on the western bank of theEuphrates River, south ofDeir ez-Zor. Nearby localities includeal-Asharah,Mayadin andal-Muhasan to the north andHajin andal-Jalaa to the south. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Salihiyah had a population of 4,471 in the 2004 census.[1] The village is located just next to the site of ancientDura-Europos.
In theSyrian civil war the town was located in the centre of the self-proclaimed caliphate of ISIL from early 2014 until December 2017. On 3 December 2017,Tiger Forces belonging to the Syrian government surrounded the town,[2] who later captured on 7 December.[3] It was one of the last towns west of the Euphrates to be controlled by ISIL.
In a counteroffensive on 13 December ISIL forces briefly recaptured the town,[4] only to lose it again, along with all other territories gained in their counteroffensive when, three days later, a large Syrian army attack was launched on the western bank of Euphrates river.[5]
On 1 May 2023, at least 13 people, including 8 Pro-Assad militiamen and 2 civilians, were killed in an ISIS ambush in the desert near the town.[6]
