Oweishiyeh

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Oweishiyeh
Location of Oweishiyeh in Syria
Coordinates: 36°18′24.34″N37°35′36.72″E / 36.3067611°N 37.5935333°E / 36.3067611; 37.5935333 Coordinates: 36°18′24.34″N37°35′36.72″E / 36.3067611°N 37.5935333°E / 36.3067611; 37.5935333
Country Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District al-Bab
Subdistrict Tedef
Population
 (2004) [1]
2,218
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Oweishiyeh or Uwaishiyah is a village in al-Bab District in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria.

Syrian Civil War

On 5 February 2017, the Syrian Army captured the village from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [2]

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References

  1. "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tedef" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics.Missing or empty |url= (help) Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. Adra, Zen (5 February 2017). "Exclusive: Syrian Army inches closer to ISIS stronghold in Al-Bab". Al-Masdar News .