Jarabulus Tahtani | |
Native Name: | جرابلس تحتاني |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Jarabulus Tahtani in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Aleppo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jarabulus |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Jarabulus |
Parts Type: | Control |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Syrian Interim Government |
Elevation M: | 352 |
Population: | 2170 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Geocode: | C2226 |
Jarabulus Tahtani (Arabic: جرابلس تحتاني|Jarābulus Taḩtānī|lit=Lower Jarabulus) is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. Situated in the Jarabulus Plain's wetlands, on the western banks of river Euphrates, the village is located some to the southeast of Jarabulus, and about south of the border with the Turkish province of Gaziantep.
With 2,170 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, is the second largest village of Nahiya Jarabulus within Jarabulus District. The bridge connecting Jarabulus Tahtani with Shuyukh Fawqani was severely damaged in March 2015.
See also: Siege of Kobanî and Operation Euphrates Shield.
On 6 March 2015, following the Kurdish retaking of Kobanî, ISIL blew up the western side of al-Nasiriyyah Bridge,[1] a modern road bridge that had previously been damaged by artillery on 10 February 2014. Jarabulus Tahtani was captured on 24 August 2016 by Turkish-backed FSA militias on the first day of Operation Euphrates Shield.