Bizaah
Bizaah
بزاعة | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Bizaah Location of Bizaah in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°22′51″N 37°33′54″E / 36.3808°N 37.565°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | al-Bab |
| Subdistrict | al-Bab |
| Control |  Turkey Syrian Interim Government |
| Population (2004)[1] | 12,718 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C1188 |
B'zaah (Arabic: بزاعة) is a town located 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the city of al-Bab in northern-central Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is administratively part of Nahiya al-Bab in al-Bab District. The town had a population of 12,718 as per the 2004 census.[1] The residents of Bizaah are mostly Arabs and Turks with a Kurdish[2] minority.
History
During the Roman Empire the town was known as Beselatha, which became Buza'a in the Middle Ages.[3]
Syrian Civil War
During the Syrian Civil War in the summer of 2013 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria had a presence in the town and by mid-November 2013, was in full control of the town. On 23 February 2017, the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army and other affiliated rebels captured the town.[4][5]
Notable people
References
- ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Bab" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- ^ "العراب بزاعة". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ^ Batnai, Tell Batnan at Imperium.
- ^ "The "Islamic State" organization withdraws from Bzaah and Qabasin and inspection operations continue in al-Bab city and kill 7 fighters in mine explosion". SOHR. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ "ISIS in full-scale retreat as the Turkish Army seizes two large towns neighboring Al-Bab". Al-Masdar News. 23 February 2017.
- ^ Muhammad al-Binshi (2 October 2020). "Turkey Sends Syrian Rebels to Azerbaijan to Face Off Against Putin's Armenian Allies". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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