Al-Dirbasiyah
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| name = Al-Dirbasiyah
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| native_name = {{langx|ar|ٱلدَّرْبَاسِيَّة}}
| other_name = {{langx|ku|دربێسی|Dirbêsiyê}}
| settlement_type = Town
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| p1 = {{flagicon|Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria}} Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Syria
| subdivision_type1 = Governorate
| subdivision_name1 = al-Hasakah
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Ras al-Ayn
| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict
| subdivision_name3 = al-Darbasiyah
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| population_total = 8551
| population_as_of = 2004 census
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| timezone = EET
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Al-Dirbasiyah ({{langx|ar|ٱلدَّرْبَاسِيَّة|ad-Dirbāsīyah}}, {{langx|ku|دربێسی|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-Dirbasiyah 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20191217052255/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB08-16-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} The majority of the inhabitants of the town are Kurds while Arabs and Assyrian are a minority.{{Cite web |title=Jİ SEDÎ 61 NİŞTECİHÊN KANTONA CİZÎRÊ KURDİN |url=http://www.lekolin.org/haber-3961--JI-SEDI-61-NISTECIHEN-KANTONA-CIZIRE-KURDIN.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019213628/http://www.lekolin.org/haber-3961--JI-SEDI-61-NISTECIHEN-KANTONA-CIZIRE-KURDIN.html |archive-date=19 October 2017 |access-date=10 June 2017 |website=ku}}
It is connected by road to Tell Beydar in the south.
Etymology
The town of Dirbasiyah is named after St Osyo the Wise, the Saint patron of the city, with "Dirbasiyah" being the Arabized version of the Syriac name, meaning "The path (Darbo) of Osyo (Asiyah)".{{Cite web |last=SyriacPress |date=2021-10-17 |title=SYRIA: Mor Osyo Hakimo patron saint day celebrated in Darbasiyah, Gozarto |url=https://syriacpress.com/blog/2021/10/17/syria-mor-osyo-hakimo-patron-saint-day-celebrated-in-darbasiyah-gozarto/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Syriac Press |language=en-US}} A church is dedicated to this saint in this city.
History
According to al-Mas'udi, the town was the stronghold of the Kurdish Kikan tribe.{{Cite book |last1=Winter |first1=Stéfan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TEAYEQAAQBAJ&dq=berazi+tribe&pg=RA1-PT243 |title=Syrian-Kurdish Intersections in the Ottoman Period |last2=HajHasan |first2=Zainab |date=2024-07-31 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4875-5688-4 |language=en}}
Civil war
{{anchor|civilwar}}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 AANES.{{cite web|title=Kurdish Syria: From cultural to armed revolution|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/kurdish-syria-cultural-armed-revolution|work=28 July 2012|date=28 July 2012 |publisher=Egypt Independent}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4984.html |title=Armed Kurds Surround Syrian Security Forces in Qamishli |publisher=Rudaw.net |access-date=2013-08-29}} The Syrian Army entered the town in October 2019, as part of the Second Northern Syria Buffer Zone Agreement.{{Cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-enters-key-border-city-for-first-time-in-7-years/|title=Syrian Army enters key border city for first time in 7 years|date=2019-10-27|website=AMN - Al-Masdar News {{!}} المصدر نيوز|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-28|archive-date=2019-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028122620/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-enters-key-border-city-for-first-time-in-7-years/|url-status=dead}}
On 16 July 2020, an unknown UAV suspected to be Turkish carried out a strike against a Russian coordination point south of al-Dirbasiyah.{{Cite web|date=16 June 2020|title=Russian forces injured in drone attack in Rojava's Dirbasiyah: Asayesh|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/160720201|access-date=2020-07-17|website=www.rudaw.net}} Two Russian soldiers, one SAA member and two members of the Asayish were injured in the strike.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-16|title=Russian, Syrian forces injured in drone attack in Rojava's Dirbasiyah: local sources • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/175293/|access-date=2020-07-17|website=The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|language=en-US}}
Notable people
- Ferhad Şamî, Kurdish military leader
References
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{{Al-Hasakah Governorate|ras}}
Category:Populated places in Ras al-Ayn District
Category:Syria–Turkey border crossings
Category:Kurdish communities in Syria
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