Al-Yadudah,_Syria

Al-Yadudah, Syria

Al-Yadudah, Syria

Village in Daraa, Syria

Al-Yadudah (Arabic: اليادودة) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located north-west of Daraa. Nearby localities include Tell Shihab to the west, Muzayrib to the northwest, Tafas to the west and Ataman to the east.

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History

In the Ottoman tax registers of 1596, it was a village located the nahiya of Butayna, Qada of Hawran, under the name of Yaduda. It had a population of 29 households and 21 bachelors, all Muslims. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 4,500 akçe.[2]

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Yadudah had a population of 8,967 in the 2004 census.[1]

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war, Daraa insurgency, and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)

On 13 September 2021, residents of the village struck a reconciliation deal with the Syrian Military. Allowing Syrian army and Russian forces to enter the village.[3]

On 11 May 2022, a Syrian soldier of the 4th Armoured Division was shot dead by insurgents in the village.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. [2]
    Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 214
  3. [3]
    "With a New Agreement, Regime Enters al-Yadudah in Daraa". The Syrian Observer. 14 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Security vacuum | Member of 4th Division assassinated in west Daraa countryside". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 11 May 2022.

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