Abu Khashab

Abu Khashab (Arabic: أبو خشب) is a Syrian town located in Deir ez-Zor District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Abu Khashab had a population of 9,046 in the 2004 census.^[1]

Abu Khashab أبو خشب
Town
Abu Khashab Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°56′9″N 40°2′12″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Deir ez-Zor
District	Deir ez-Zor
Subdistrict	al-Kasrah
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Population  (2004)
• Total	9,046
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya Pcode	C5098

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)

Abu Khashab is home to the only IDP camp in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. It was established in 2017 and as of May 2024 it had a population of 10,842.^[2]

On 27 April 2022, seven people were shot dead and four others were wounded in a massacre committed by Islamic State fighters when they attacked the house of the chief of the relations office of Deir ez-Zor Civil Council in the town.^[3]