Al-Yaarubiyah

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Al-Yaarubiyah ({{langx|ar|ٱلْيَعْرُبِيَّة|al-Yaʿrubīyah}}; {{langx|ku|تلکۆچەر|Til Koçer}})[https://www.middleeasteye.net/fr/node/1023 Syrian Kurds ache for a lifeline] by Karlos Zurutuza, Middle East Eye, 12 February 2015 is a town in al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Yaarubiyah had a population of 6,066 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 62 localities{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} with a combined population of 39,459 in 2004.[http://www.cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB08-14-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824065022/http://cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB08-14-2004.htm |date=2014-08-24 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}

Its population are mostly Sunni Muslim Arabs of the Shammar tribe. During the Syrian civil war, the town came under the control of jihadist rebels, including the al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State, but was later captured by the Kurdish YPG,{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/syrian-kurds-capture-border-post/1777482.html |title=Syrian Kurds capture border post |access-date=13 July 2015}} bringing it into the AANES.

Border post

The town was the border post between French-Syria and British-Iraq and had a railway station on the Baghdad Railway. It is twinned by Rabia on the Iraqi side of the border.

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References

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{{Al-Hasakah Governorate|malikiyah}}

Category:Populated places in al-Malikiyah District

Category:Towns in al-Hasakah Governorate

{{Cities of Syria}}

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