Al-Darbasiyah
Al-Darbasiyah (Arabic: الدرباسية, Kurdish: Dirbêsiyê) is a Syrian town on the Syria–Turkey border opposite the Turkish town of Senyurt. Administratively it is part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Darbasiyah had a population of 8,551 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 113 localities with a combined population of 55,614 in 2004.[1] The majority of the inhabitants of the town are Kurds with a large Arab and a smaller Assyrian minority.[2]
Al-Darbasiyah الدرباسية Dirbêsiyê | |
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Town | |
Al-Darbasiyah Location in Syria | |
Coordinates: 37°4′22″N 40°39′7″E | |
Country | |
Governorate | Al-Hasakah Governorate |
District | Ras al-Ayn District |
Nahiyah | Al-Darbasiyah Subdistrict |
Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 8,551 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Area code(s) | 52 |
It is connected by road to Tell Beydar in the south.
On 22 July 2012, during the Syrian Civil War, Kurdish-led YPG forces took control over the town, after the security and political units of the Syrian Government, following an ultimatum issued by the YPG, withdrew from it. The town has been under Kurdish control[3][4] until Kurdish forces withdrew in later October 2019, as part of the Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone Agreement, leaving the town under the military control of the Syrian Army.[5]
References
- General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. (in Arabic)
- http://www.lekolin.org/haber-3961--JI-SEDI-61-NISTECIHEN-KANTONA-CIZIRE-KURDIN.html
- "Kurdish Syria: From cultural to armed revolution". 28 July 2012. Egypt Independent.
- "Armed Kurds Surround Syrian Security Forces in Qamishli". Rudaw.net. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
- Desk, News (2019-10-27). "Syrian Army enters key border city for first time in 7 years". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. Retrieved 2019-10-28.