| Official Name: | al-Kawm |
| Native Name: | الكوم |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Syria |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Homs Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tadmur District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Nahiyah |
| Subdivision Name3: | Al-Sukhnah |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
| Population Total: | 1,771 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 35.1833°N 90°W |
Al-Kawm (Arabic: الكوم; also spelled, el-Kowm) is a village in the al-Kowm oasis in central Syria north of al-Sukhnah and south of Raqqa. The oasis also contains a series of important archaeological sites, together known as El Kowm. In 2004 the village had a population of 1,771.[1]
See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022). During the Syrian Civil War ISIS mostly had control over this town until the SAA captured it on 14 August 2017.
Between 12-13 December 2022, ISIS militants temporarily took control of the town for day under the cover of fog following clashes near the area on 12 December, that resulted in the deaths of 6 Syrian soldiers.[2]