Qabasin

Qabasin
قباسين
Başköy (باش كوي)
Town
Qabasin
Location of Qabasin in Syria
Coordinates: 36°26′09″N 37°34′06″E / 36.4358°N 37.5683°E / 36.4358; 37.5683
Country  Syria
Governorate Aleppo
District al-Bab
Subdistrict al-Bab
Population (2004)[1] 11,382
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode C1209

Qabasin (Arabic: قباسين‎, Kurdish: Qebasîn‎), or Başköy[2] (Turkish: Başköy, Arabic: باش كوي‎) or Kıbbesin (Arabic: قبة ياسين‎, translit. Kubbaseen) also known as is a town located northeast of the city of Al-Bab in northern Syria. It is administratively part of the Al-Bab nahiya in the Al-Bab District of the Aleppo Governorate. The town had a population of 11,382 in 2004.[1] A nearby town is Arima, to the north-east.

Syrian Civil War

During the Syrian Civil War, the town was initially captured by the Syrian opposition and later by ISIL. ISIL kidnapped hundreds of Kurdish civilians from the town and executed dozens of them between 2014 and 2016.[3]

On 23 February 2017, the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captured the town from ISIL as well as the nearby towns of B'zaa and al-Bab after months of fighting.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Bab" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Günümüzde Suriye Türkmenleri (in Turkish) —Suriye’de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri, p. 11 ORSAM Rapor № 83. ORSAM – Ortadoğu Türkmenleri Programı Rapor № 14. Ankara — November 2011, 33 pages.
  3. ↑ Syrian Democratic Forces further advance into Manbij, fear genocide against Kurds by ISIS
  4. ↑ "The "Islamic State" organization withdraws from Bzaah and Qabasin and inspection operations continue in al-Bab city and kill 7 fighters in mine explosion". SOHR. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  5. ↑ "ISIS in full-scale retreat as the Turkish Army seizes two large towns neighboring Al-Bab". Al-Masdar News. 23 February 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.