Al-Kadir

al-Kadir الكدير al-Kader
Village
al-Kadir Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°16′25″N 38°50′33″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs Governorate
District	Tadmur District
Nahiyah	Al-Sukhnah
Population  (2004)
• Total	694
Time zone	UTC+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

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.

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)