Al-Marashidah

Al-Marashidah (Arabic: ٱلْمَرَاشِدَة, romanized: al-Marāšidah, Turkish: El Maraşada) is a Syrian town located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Marashidah had a population of 4,346 in the 2004 census.

[1] The town fell under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in early 2014 during the Syrian Civil War.

By 24 January 2019, Al-Marashidah was one of the final remaining Syrian settlements under control of the Islamic State, with the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting for control of the town.

[2][3] On the next day, ISIL carried out numerous suicide attacks on the SDF, in an attempt to break the siege, allowing them to recapture parts of Al-Baghuz Fawqani, to the south.