Dayr Hafir (Arabic: دَيْر حَافِر / ALA-LC: Dayr Ḥāfir) is a Syrian city in the Aleppo Governorate, 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Aleppo on the Aleppo-Raqqa highway, 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) to the north of Sabkhat al-Jabbul. It is the regional centre of Dayr Hafir District. In the 2004 official census, the town of Dayr Hafir had a population of 18,948. The town is home to an archeological site dating back to the 9th millennium BC.
Dayr Hafir is the administrative center of Nahiya Dayr Hafir and Dayr Hafir District.
Dayr Hafir is still a rural community in its majority.
During the Syrian Civil War, in June 2012, the government was reported to be in control of this town that is close to a military airport (Kweiris). The city came under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 2014, before being retaken by Syrian Government forces during the Dayr Hafir offensive in 2017.[1]
^"Syrian army captures major IS stronghold in Aleppo". Indo-Asian News Service. The Financial Express. 30 March 2017.
DayrHafir (Arabic: دَيْر حَافِر / ALA-LC: DayrḤāfir) is a Syrian city in the Aleppo Governorate, 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Aleppo on the Aleppo-Raqqa...
DayrHafir District (Arabic: منطقة دير حافر, romanized: manṭiqat DayrḤāfir) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre...
official census): Aleppo Jabal Sem‘ān Ayn al-Arab Atarib Afrin Al-Bab DayrḤafir As-Safira Azaz Jarabulus Manbij The governorate is divided into ten districts...
Located on the DayrHafir Plain north of Lake Jabbul, some 30 km (19 mi) east of the city of Aleppo and 15 km (9.3 mi) west of DayrHafir, Kuweires Sharqi...
al-Hamawi, described Azaz as a "fine town", referring to the settlement as "Dayr Tell Azaz". It was the center of a district bearing its name that also included...
Aleppo on the Lake Assad part of the Euphrates. Nearby localities include DayrHafir, Humaymah Kabirah and Tell Ayoub to the northwest and al-Thawrah to the...
was seen after defeating ISIL in the village of Ayn Al-Hanish in the DayrHafir Plains. The most famous and effective tactic of the Tiger Forces is probing...
northeast of Kuweires Sharqi village, between As-Safira in the West and DayrHafir in the East. The base was constructed with Polish support in the late...
Humaymah Kabirah (Arabic: حميمة كبيرة) is a Syrian town located in DayrHafir District, Aleppo. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)...
Ba'athist government forces started an offensive east of Aleppo to conquer DayrHafir from ISIL and prevent further Turkish advances. On 17 March, Syrian military...
Rewan Mihemed Ceyhan Khaddro Syrian National Democratic Alliance Shahba DayrHafir Representative Îşûh Gewriyê Syriac Union Party (SUP) LND Jazira Şemîran...
Kuweires Military Airbase Kuweires Sharqi, Kuweires Sharqi Subdistrict, DayrHafir District Aleppo r Military Flight Training School 0 1 11 3 Squadron L-39ZA...
2 weeks and 5 days) The Syrian Army captures 250 villages, the city of DayrHafir and 2 towns. The FSA captures 6-7 villages and SDF captures 14 villages...
of Aleppo. On 4 October, the Russian Air Force attacked ISIS along the DayrHafir Highway, and the Thermal Plant. This allowed the government forces to...
Al Bab District y See Al-Bab (Syrian Civil War). DayrHafir 18,948 DayrHafir District r See DayrHafir (Syrian Civil War). Jarabulus 11,570 Jarabulus District...
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