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Abu Hamam

Abu Hamam (, 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.

Syrian civil war

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

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

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

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