Al-Jarniyah (Arabic: الجرنية), also written Jurneyyeh, is a town in the Jazira Region of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.
The town and much of the area around it was under the control of Daesh (the so-called Islamic State) for two years, before being liberated by the Syrian Democratic Forces in December, 2016.
The population of the town during the 2004 census was 2686.
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.
In preparation for the forthcoming municipal elections in NES, planned for 11th of June [now postponed to 8 August, 2024], the DAANES passed a new law defining the administrative divisions of the NES region. This follows the DAANES’ publication of the new Social Contract in December 2023.
Farmers in Al-Jarniyah have had to stop harvesting summer crops as a result of Turkey cutting the flow of the Euphrates river. The farmers rely on the flow of the Euphrates to irrigate their crops. About 70% of the people in Al-Jarniyah and its countryside use farming as a primary source of income, but a disastrous
