Sarrin (Arabic: صرين,[2] also spelled Serrin or Sareen) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northeast of Aleppo. It is situated 3 kilometers east of the Euphrates River, south of Kobanî and east of Manbij.[3]
Sarrin
صرين | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Sarrin | |
| Coordinates: 36°35′15″N 38°17′59″E / 36.58750°N 38.29972°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Ayn al-Arab |
| Subdistrict | Sarrin |
| Elevation | 356 m (1,168 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Total | 6,104[1] |
| • Subdistrict | 70,522 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| P-Code | C2074 |
| Geocode | SY020602 |
In the 2004 census, the town of Sarrin had a population of 6,140, while the Sarrin subdistrict had a total population of 70,522 mostly Arab.[1]
During the Syrian Civil War, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized control of the town in September 2013.[4] In March 2015, Kurds from the People's Protection Units (YPG), alongside Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels, launched an attack to take control of the strategic town.[5][6] On July 27, 2015, the town came under the control of Kurdish YPG forces.[7][8]
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- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Sarrin nahiyah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "Polat Can". Twitter. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Google Maps". Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Ashkenas, Jeremy; Tse, Archie; Watkins, Derek; Yourish, Karen (July 3, 2014). "A Rogue State Along Two Rivers" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Syrian Kurds, rebels find common enemy in ISIS - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAa__0sUkAA1ffv.jpg:large [bare URL image file]
- ^ "Kurds cut key IS supply route in northern Syria: monitor". France 24. July 27, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ "Syrian Kurds capture town from ISIS in north: activists". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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