Oweishiyeh or Uwaishiyah is a village in al-Bab District in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria.

Oweishiyeh
Oweishiyeh is located in Syria
Oweishiyeh
Oweishiyeh
Location of Oweishiyeh in Syria
Coordinates: 36°18′24.34″N 37°35′36.72″E / 36.3067611°N 37.5935333°E / 36.3067611; 37.5935333
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
Districtal-Bab
SubdistrictTedef
Population
 (2004)[1]
2,218
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Syrian Civil War

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On 5 February 2017, the Syrian Army captured the village from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2004 Census Data for Nahiya Tedef" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ Adra, Zen (5 February 2017). "Exclusive: Syrian Army inches closer to ISIS stronghold in Al-Bab". Al-Masdar News.