Ayn Issa

Syria / ar-Raqqah /
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Ayn Issa (Arabic: عين عيسى‎, Kurdish: Bozanê‎) is a town and nahiyah within the Tell Abyad District of Raqqa Governorate in Syria. It is located halfway between the border town Tell Abyad and the regional capital Raqqa.

The town has a population of aprox. 20,000 people.
The sub-district has about 40,912 people, almost all Arabs.

The town is curently completely deserted. Most of the inhabitants fled to Turkey or Tal Abyad.
Captured by YPG and FSA on 23/06/2015.
On 30 December 2015 a Huge ISIS assault was repelled by YPG with help from Coalition Airstrikes.
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Coordinates:   36°23'7"N   38°51'34"E