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Al-Kadir

Coordinates: 35°16′25″N 38°50′33″E / 35.27361°N 38.84250°E / 35.27361; 38.84250
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al-Kadir
الكدير
al-Kader
Village
al-Kadir is located in Syria
al-Kadir
al-Kadir
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°16′25″N 38°50′33″E / 35.27361°N 38.84250°E / 35.27361; 38.84250
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms Governorate
DistrictTadmur District
NahiyahAl-Sukhnah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total694
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Al-Kadir (Arabic: الكدير, also spelled al-Kader) is a village in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located in the Syrian Desert with the Euphrates River to the northeast, the nearby village of al-Kawm to the south and Deir ez-Zor to the east. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Kadir had a population of 694 in the 2004 census.[1]

Syrian Civil War

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ISIL captured Al-Kadir as a part of their expansion into Syria in 2014. The town was liberated by Syrian Army forces on the 15 August 2017.

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