Akerabat ( Arabic. عقيربات , Eng. Uqayribat ) is a city in Syria , the administrative center of the homonymous district of the Salamia district of the province of Hama .
| City | |
| Akebat, Akerbat | |
|---|---|
| Arab. عقيربات | |
| A country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| Area | Salamia |
| Nahia | Akerabat |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 2745 people ( 2004 ) |
| Nationalities | Syrians |
It occupies a strategic position at the western foot of Jebel Balas, on the highway connecting Palmyra (100 km to the southeast) with the city of Salamia in the west [1] .
History
The city was founded in 1900 by immigrants from Palmyra [2] . The city soon became the center of an agricultural region inhabited by former Bedouin nomads.
In 2018, a floor mosaic was found in Akerabat, one of the largest mosaics found in Syria and inferior in size to only mosaics in Taybet al-Imam . [3]
Civil War
In 2014, at the height of the civil war, the city was captured by ISIS . On September 3, 2017, the Syrian Arab army recaptured the city from militants, but after a week was forced to leave a significant part of its territory. September 15, as a result of a powerful counterattack with significant support from the Russian Air Force, government forces regained control of the city. ISIS units retreated to the northeast of the province of Hama [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Geyer, Bernard. Conquête de la steppe et appropriation des terres sur les marges arides du Croissant fertile : [] . - Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen, 2001 .-- P. 104. - ISBN 9782903264789 .
- ↑ Lewis, Norman. The Syrian Steppe during the Last Century of Ottoman Rule: Hawran and the Palmyrena // The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East . - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. - P. 42. - ISBN 0-521-77057-2 .
- ↑ Second largest mosaic in Syria discovered - Syrian Arab News Agency . sana.sy. Date of circulation May 10, 2018.
- ↑ Syria news January 14 22.30 // FAN (Federal News Agency)