Al-Ya'rubiyah
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Al-Yarubiyah(Kurdish: Til Koçer) is a town in Cizire Canton, Rojava. It makes a divided town with Rabiaa, in the Iraqi Kurdistan (South Kurdistan) Region.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Yaarubiyah had a population of 6,066 in the 2004 census. The majority of the population is Arab, from the Shammar tribe, with a small Kurdish community. Center of the Yarubiyah subdistrict of Derîk district of Hasaka Governorate.
On 26 October, 2013, Kurdish YPG fighters seized control of the strategic Yarubiya border crossing between Syria and Iraq from "Jabhat Al-Nusra" and ISIS militant groups and the next day YPG established full control over the town.
The ISIS tried hard to take the town, but YPG managed to repell its numerous attacks.
The security of the town is managed by YPG kurdish and arabs soldiers, and also by Al Sanadid, the armed wing to arab Shammar tribe.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Yaarubiyah had a population of 6,066 in the 2004 census. The majority of the population is Arab, from the Shammar tribe, with a small Kurdish community. Center of the Yarubiyah subdistrict of Derîk district of Hasaka Governorate.
On 26 October, 2013, Kurdish YPG fighters seized control of the strategic Yarubiya border crossing between Syria and Iraq from "Jabhat Al-Nusra" and ISIS militant groups and the next day YPG established full control over the town.
The ISIS tried hard to take the town, but YPG managed to repell its numerous attacks.
The security of the town is managed by YPG kurdish and arabs soldiers, and also by Al Sanadid, the armed wing to arab Shammar tribe.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Yaarubiyah
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Coordinates: 36°48'42"N 42°3'59"E
- Silopi 60 km
- Barwari 126 km
- Bitlis (Bidlîs) 187 km
- Ahlat 220 km
- Patnos (Panos) 280 km
- Doğubayazıt 353 km
- Demirözü 424 km
- Aydıntepe 438 km
- Yeghvard 458 km
- Charentsavan 463 km
- Ya'rubiyah Border crossing 0.9 km
- Duty-Free Zone 1 km
- Cotton Depot 1.1 km
- Rabiaa Border crossing 1.4 km
- Rabiaa Train Station 2.8 km
- Al-Yaarubiyah subdistrict 12 km
- Rabia Subdistrict 12 km
- Derik Area (DFNS) 17 km
- Zumar Subdistrict (KRG) 25 km
- Ezidixan/West-Şingal (EPC) 48 km
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