Al-Barakah (Islamic State administrative district)
Al-Barakah (Arabic: الْبَرَكَة, romanized: al-Barakah) is a Syrian administrative district of the Islamic State (IS), a Salafi jihadist militant group and unrecognised proto-state. Originally set up as al-Barakah Province (Arabic: وِلَايَة الْبَرَكَة, romanized: Wilāyah al-Barakah) to govern ISIL territories in al-Hasakah Governorate, the province shifted south after 2016 due to the territorial losses to the YPG/YPJ. Having been demoted from province to district in 2018, al-Barakah administered a small strip of land along the Euphrates in Deir ez-Zor Governorate until the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, since then the "territory" has turned into an insurgency.
Al-Barakah
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Administrative district (former province) of the Islamic State | |
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| Proto-state | Islamic State |
| Established | 2014 |
| Capital | Al-Shaddadah (until 2016) Hajin (by 2018) |
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| • Wali | Abdul Nasser Qardash (2014, 2015) Abu Osama al-Iraqi † (2014–2015) Abu al-Waleed al-Sinawi † (?–2018) |
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