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Mayadin (Arabic: ٱلْمِيَادِين /ALA-LC: al-Miyādīn) is a town in eastern Syria. It is the capital of the Mayadin District, part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. Mayadin is about 44 kilometers southeast of Deir ez-Zor. The Euphrates River flows through the town. In the 2004 census, the population was 44,028, making it the second most ...
Former staff of Al Jazeera Arabic established Al-Mayadeen in Beirut in 2012, due to dissatisfaction with Al Jazeera’s coverage of Syria. [12]The channel is part of the Al Mayadeen satellite media network, which includes: a production company; a radio station; a website in Arabic, English, and Spanish; an advertising company; and other media-related projects. [14]
The Syrian Army then pushed into the western and northern parts of the city, [17] capturing four neighborhoods. [18] On 14 October 2017, the Syrian Army captured Mayadin city. [1] On the next day, elite Syrian Tiger Forces pushed through much rural territory of Mayadin and made advances towards town of Al-Asharah, reaching its outskirts. [19]
The attack took place near the town of al-Mayadeen in the vast desert province of Deir Ezzor, which is split in control between Syrian troops, backed by Iran and Russia, and Kurdish-led fighters ...
Mayadin District (Arabic: منطقة الميادين) is a district administratively belonging to Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 247,171. [2] Its administrative centre is the city of Mayadin.
In early 2016, fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces entered the governorate following the Al-Shaddadi offensive. Until October 2017, ISIL controlled all of the countryside, while Syrian Government forces held out in the capital. On 14 October 2017, Russia confirmed that Al-Mayadeen was recaptured by the Syrian army amid a major offensive.
Result: Rebel victory and ISIL offensive. Rebels capture Abu Kamal, Mayadin, al-Busayrah, Hajin, al-Tabni and al-Kubar; Rebels besiege the Deir ez-Zor airport; By May 2013, rebels controlled about half of Deir Ez-Zor city while the Syrian Arab Army controlled the military installations of Deir al-Zor and most of al-Thayem oil field [6]
Throughout Islamic history, al-Rahba was considered, in the words of the 14th-century traveler Ibn Batuta, "the end of Iraq and the beginning of al-Sham [Syria]". [1] The fortress is located about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) southwest of the Euphrates River, 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) southwest of the modern Syrian city of Mayadin, [1] [2] [3] and 42 kilometers (26 mi) southeast of Dayr az-Zawr, capital ...