Al-Shaafah

Al-Shaafah (Arabic: الشعفة, romanized: aš-Ša'fah) is a Syrian town located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Shaafah had a population of 18,956 in the 2004 census.

[1] The town was part of the last strip of land in Syria controlled by the Islamic State (IS).

On 6 January 2019, the town was fully captured by the SDF.

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