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Al-Kasrah ٱلْكَسْرَة | |
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Town | |
  Al-Kasrah Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°33′57.82″N39°55′1.33″E / 35.5660611°N 39.9170361°E /35.5660611; 39.9170361 | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Deir ez-Zor |
| Subdistrict | Al-Kasrah |
| Control |  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 7,659 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C5096 |
Al-Kasrah (Arabic:ٱلْكَسْرَة,romanized: al-Kasrah) is aSyriantown located inDeir ez-Zor District,Deir ez-Zor. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS),Al-Kasrah had a population of 7,659 in the 2004 census.[1]
On 8 May 2014, the town was captured byISIL during theDeir ez-Zor offensive.[2] TheSDF, backed by American air support, would assume control of it by late 2017. Many residents fled or were forcibly expelled while the region was under ISIL control, by April of 2018 93% of the non-IDP population of the entire Al-Kasrah sub-district were recent returnees.[3] As of 2022, the town of Al-Kasrah had a population of 5,770, a figure which includes a number ofIDPs from the surrounding region.[4]
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