Hatla (Arabic: حطلة, romanized: Hatlah) is a district of city Deir ez-Zor located along the Euphrates River, southeast of Deir ez-Zor.
Hatla
حطلة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Hatla | |
| Coordinates: 35°18′05″N 40°14′12″E / 35.30139°N 40.23667°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Deir ez-Zor |
| District | Deir ez-Zor |
| Subdistrict | Deir ez-Zor |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Syrian Civil War
editOn 11 June 2013, a massacre was conducted by Syrian opposition fighters in the village. According to a UN report, 30 people were killed.[1]
On 12 April 2017, the Syrian Army claimed chemical weapons stored by ISIL in Hatla were bombed by the American-led intervention in Syria. The American army denied that any air strikes were carried out in that area at that time. The Syrian army claimed that hundreds of deaths from poison gas exposure occurred. There has been no independent confirmation of the attack.[2]
On 27 September 2017, the Syrian Army recaptured the village of Hatla from ISIL.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Assad regime accused of string of Syria massacres in UN report". Telegraph.co.uk. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "US denies Syrian army claim that US-led airstrike hit Isis poison gas supplies, killing 'hundreds including many civilians'". The Independent. 2017-04-13. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
- ^ "Syrian Army expands control over new town in eastern Deir Ezzor". Archived from the original on 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2017-09-27.