Mahmudli
Mahmudli
Çar Çaqil | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Mahmudli Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°00′47″N 38°32′44″E / 36.013°N 38.5455°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Raqqa |
| District | Al-Thawrah District |
| Subdistrict | Al-Jarniyah Subdistrict |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Mahmudli (Arabic: المحمودلي, Kurdish: Çar Çaqil,[1] Mahmudlî [2]) is a Syrian town located in Raqqa Governorate approximately 20 km north of Al-Thawrah on the road from Tishrin to Raqqa. It is populated by a Kurdish tribe, the Mahmudi.[3]
During the Syrian Civil War, the town was occupied by the self-proclaimed Islamic State from May 2014 onward for almost three years. On 1 January 2017, the Syrian Democratic Forces liberated Mahmudli after two days of intense clashes.[4]
References
- ^ "Mahmudli / Mahmoudle / Çar Çaqil". Wikimapia. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Heavy clashes in Mahmudlî town of Raqqa". ANF News. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Michael Izady. "Syria, Tribal Composition". Gulf/2000 Project. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Two more villages liberated in western Raqqa". ANF News. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
