Abu Hamam

Abu Hamam (Arabic: أبو حمام, Kurdish: Ebû Hemam) is a Syrian town located in the Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 21,947 during the 2004 census.^[1]

Abu Hamam أبو حمام
Town
Abu Hamam Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°49′57″N 40°39′43″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Deir ez-Zor
District	Abu Kamal
Subdistrict	Hajin
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population  (2004)
• Total	21,947
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode	C5174

Syrian civil war

See also: Syrian civil war

Abu Hamam was captured from the Islamic State by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on 1 December 2017.^[2]

On 3 March 2022, a fighter with the SDF was shot dead in the town by a Islamic State gunmen.^[3]

On 3 June 2022, two fighters and a smuggler were killed after SDF forces launched an anti-smuggling operation in the town.^[4]