al-Shaitat
{{Short description|Sunni Arab clan}}
{{Infobox tribe
| name = al-Shaitat
| local name = الشُّعَيْطَاتُ
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| ethnicity = Arab
| location = Upper Euphrates river basin
{{small|(mainly Deir ez-Zor Governorate)}}
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| population = 70,000–90,000
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| language = Arabic
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Al-Shaitat ({{langx|ar|الشُّعَيْطَاتُ|aš-Šuʿayṭāt}}), in Standard Arabic al-Shuʿaytāt, is a Sunni Arab clan which lives in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate in eastern Syria. Its members number between 70,000 and 90,000 and it is led by Sheikh Rafaa Aakla al-Raju.
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[http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/8622.htm Massacre And Media: ISIS And The Case Of The Sunni Arab Shaitat Tribe], Alberto M. Fernández, MEMRI, June 23, 2015 Henry Field identified the Shaitat as a clan of the Aqaidat.{{Cite book|title=The Anthropology of Iraq. The Upper Euphrates|last=Field|first=Henry|publisher=Chicago Field Museum|year=1940|pages=225}} They were the target of the Al-Shaitat massacres committed by the Islamic State in 2014.
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