Tishrin Dam

The Tishrin Dam (Sadd Tišrīn, lit. 'October Dam', Kurdish: Bendava Tişrînê) is a dam on the Euphrates river, located 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of Aleppo in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The dam is 40 metres (130 ft) high, and has 6 water turbines capable of producing 630 MW. Construction took place between 1991 and 1999. Rescue excavations in the area that would be flooded by the dam's reservoir have provided important information on ancient settlement in the area from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) period onward. In November 2012, rebel fighters captured the dam from Syrian Government forces of President Bashar al-Assad during a battle of the Syrian Civil War. In September 2014, the Islamic State captured the dam from rebel forces. In December 2015, the Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) captured the dam from the Islamic State. The dam plays a strategic role as it is one of the few crossing points across the Euphrates into the Kurdish-controlled north east. It remained under Kurdish control (as of December 2025) ever since its capture, despite attempts by the Syrian National Army (SNA) and Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) to capture it. An agreement between the SDF and the Syrian transitional government envisioned joint control over the dam. The dam was captured by the Syrian transitional government forces during their January

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