Al-Suwar#Civil war
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| population_total = 5,279{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |access-date= 2017-09-27}}
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Al-Suwar ({{langx|ar|صُوَر|Ṣuwar}}, also spelled as-Suwar or al-Suwwar, Kurdish: Sewr) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Khabur river, north-east of Deir ez-Zor. In 2004, there were 5297 inhabitants.
History
In the past, most scholars identified al-Suwar with Suru (Su-ú-ru), the capital city of Aramean state Bit-Halupe at the time of Tukulti-Ninurta II; however, Suru is now generally identified with nearby Tell Fiden instead.{{cite journal |last1=Bonacossi |first1=Daniele Morandi |title="Landscapes of Power" The Political Organisation of Space in the Lower Habur Valley in the Neo-Assyrian Period |journal=State Archives of Assyria Bulletin |date=1996 |volume=X |issue=2 |pages=15–49 |url=http://www.helsinki.fi/science/saa/saab.html#X/2 |access-date=24 April 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Lipiński |first1=Edward |title=The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion |date=2000 |publisher=Peeters |location=Leuven |isbn=90-429-0859-9 |page=83 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrMKKtiBBI4C |access-date=24 April 2020}} Edward Lipinski instead identified al-Suwar with the town of *Ṣūriḫ or *Ṣuwariḫ (Ṣú-ú-ri-iḫ), the first town mentioned by the king Adad-nirari II in the province of Laqe on the Khabur river.
Civil war
During the Syrian Civil War, the town fell under ISIL occupation until it was liberated by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces during an offensive in September 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/kurdish-forces-capture-major-isis-stronghold-east-deir-ezzor/ |title=Kurdish forces capture major ISIS stronghold in east Deir Ezzor |access-date=2017-09-26 |archive-date=2019-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622154229/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/kurdish-forces-capture-major-isis-stronghold-east-deir-ezzor/ |url-status=dead }}