Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict

Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية الجرنية, romanized: nahiyah al-Jarniyah) is a subdistrict of Al-Thawrah District in Raqqa Governorate (Syria), approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Raqqa.

[1] Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict is bounded by Lake Assad to the West and South, Ayn al-Arab District of Aleppo Governorate to the North, and Raqqa District also of Raqqa Governorate to the East.

[5] During December 2016 the Syrian Democratic Forces drove ISIS out of most Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict.

With the help of US special forces, Bir Shallal and nearby villages in the north-east of the nahiyah were taken over in mid December,[6] soon followed by a corridor stretching to Wasta on Lake Assad which cut off the west of the nahiyah which was subsequently taken over.

[7] The largest town of the area, Mahmudli in the south west of the nahiyah, was taken over by the SDF at the start of 2017.

Qal'at Ja'bar from the north, surrounded by the waters of Lake Assad