Al-Thawrah (Arabic: الثورة aṯ ṯawrah), also known as al-Tabqah (Arabic: الطبقة aṭ ṭabqah; Kurdish: Tebqa, Classical Syriac: ܛܒܩܗ; official name before 8 March 1967), is a city in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.
The city had a population of 69,425 during the 2004 census.
The Battle of Tabqa (2017) was an operation, part of the Raqqa campaign (2016–2017), dubbed Operation Wrath of Euphrates, against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to recapture and secure Tabqa Dam, Tabqa city, Tabqa Airbase, and the surrounding countryside from ISIL. The assault on these targets by the anti-ISIL forces led by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began on 22 March 2017, and control of Tabqa and the Tabqa Dam had been achieved by these forces by 10 May 2017.
The Tabqa Dam is nearby.
We wanted to share something about Zenobia especially in these times. In the days where women are gathering around the world to make the stance that they will not give up what they have achieved. Zenobia Women’s Gathering was founded in 2021 and is a women’s movement in Raqqa, Tabqa, Manbij, Deir ez-Zor and other
What does true peace mean in these warlike times, and what does it have to do with home?
Encounters with Women Between War and the Everyday Revolution.
The policies of the Turkish occupation have caused severe damage to electricity production in the North and East Syria region, with electricity output dropping by more than 90 percent as a result of the direct targeting of power generation stations, in addition to the reduction of water inflows into the Euphrates River.
When I first visited Raqqa in 2022 with friends from the Internationalist Commune in Rojava, the consequences of the fight against the Islamic State were still evident everywhere: collapsed houses between the open rows of shops in the city center and bullet holes in the walls of many buildings. But the city also radiated something
The House of Co-operatives in the Democratic Self-administration in Tabqa in co-ordination with the city council has inaugurated the first co-operative society in Tabqa, Almustaqbal - the Future Society for Tailoring Co-operative. The new co-operative will create jobs and motivate people to form co-ops.
The House of Co-operatives that belongs to the Economic Committee in the Democratic Administration of Tabqa is working to improve the communal economy, which benefits all members of society, especially women. The communal economy solves social problems such as unemployment, and empowers women.
The Women’s Council in Tabqa organised a meeting with the women who are registered to work in new projects. These projects will be supervised by the Women’s Council there, and will raise awareness about the role of women in society and the importance of these kinds of projects to create more jobs for women, and
