Al-Darbasiyah

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Al-Darbasiyah
ٱلدَّرْبَاسِيَّة
Dirbêsiyê
Town
Al-Darbasiyah is located in Syria
Al-Darbasiyah
Al-Darbasiyah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 37°4′22″N 40°39′7″E / 37.07278°N 40.65194°E / 37.07278; 40.65194Coordinates: 37°4′22″N 40°39′7″E / 37.07278°N 40.65194°E / 37.07278; 40.65194
Country Syria
Governorateal-Hasakah
DistrictRas al-Ayn
Subdistrictal-Darbasiyah
ControlAutonomous Administration of North and East Syria Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total8,551
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)+3
Area code(s)52

Al-Darbasiyah (Arabic: ٱلدَّرْبَاسِيَّة, romanized: ad-Darbāsīyah, Kurdish: Dirbêsiyê) is a Syrian town on the Syria–Turkey border opposite the Turkish town of Şenyurt. 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][better source needed]

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 Syrian government forces, following an ultimatum issued by the YPG, withdrew from it. The town was thus brought into the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).[3][4] The Syrian Army entered the town in October 2019, as part of the Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone Agreement.[5]

On 16 July 2020, an unknown UAV suspected to be Turkish carried out a strike against a Russian coordination point south of Al-Darbasiyah.[6] Two Russian soldiers, one SAA member and two members of the Asayish were injured in the strike.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004[permanent dead link]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Kurdish Syria: From cultural to armed revolution". 28 July 2012. Egypt Independent.
  4. ^ "Armed Kurds Surround Syrian Security Forces in Qamishli". Rudaw.net. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Russian forces injured in drone attack in Rojava's Darbasiyah: Asayesh". www.rudaw.net. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  7. ^ "Russian, Syrian forces injured in drone attack in Rojava's Darbasiyah: local sources • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-07-17.


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