Ithriya

Ithriya
أثريا
Village
Ithriya

Location in Syria

Coordinates: 35°22′09″N 37°47′09″E / 35.3692°N 37.7859°E / 35.3692; 37.7859Coordinates: 35°22′09″N 37°47′09″E / 35.3692°N 37.7859°E / 35.3692; 37.7859
Country  Syria
Governorate Hama
District Al-Salamiyah District
Subdistrict Al-Saan Nahiyah
Population (2004)
  Total 2,118
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
City Qrya Pcode C3273

Ithriya (Arabic: أثريا) is a Syrian village located in Al-Saan Nahiyah in Al-Salamiyah District, Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Asrieh had a population of 2118 in the 2004 census.[1]

History

During the Syrian Civil War, Ithriyah became a strategically important point. It lays on the last highway under government control connecting the city of Aleppo to Khanasir and the Al-Salamiyah region. In the Ithriyah-Raqqah offensive (February–March 2016) and Ithriyah-Raqqah offensive (June 2016), the town was used as a launching point for offensives against IS.

References

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