Al Sheitaat
Sign in to saveAl-Shaitat (), in Standard Arabic al-Shuʿaytāt, is a Sunni Arab clan which lives in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate in eastern Syria. Its members number between 70,000 and 90,000 and it is led by Sheikh Rafaa Aakla al-Raju. Henry Field identified the Shaitat as a clan of the Aqaidat. They were the target of the Al-Shaitat massacres committed by the Islamic State in 2014.
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Al-Shaitat (), in Standard Arabic al-Shuʿaytāt, is a Sunni Arab clan which lives in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate in eastern Syria. Its members number between 70,000 and 90,000 and it is led by Sheikh Rafaa Aakla al-Raju. Henry Field identified the Shaitat as a clan of the Aqaidat. They were the target of the Al-Shaitat massacres committed by the Islamic State in 2014.
== See also == Albu Nimr
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