Aïn al-Arab
Kobanî, also Kobane, Ayn al-Arab, is a Kurdish-majority city in the Ayn al-Arab District in northern Syria, lying immediately south of the Syria–Turkey border.
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Aïn al-Arab is a Kurdish-majority city in northern Syria located just south of the Turkish border. It matters because of its strategic location at the intersection of Syrian and Turkish territory, which has made it significant in regional conflicts and politics.
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Place details
- Locality
- عين العرب
- Region
- محافظة حلب
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 50,000
- Timezone
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- Ottoman period
- French Mandate
- Syria pre-autonomy
- Syrian Civil War
- Siege by ISIL
- Reaction
- June 2015 massacre
- Reconstruction and development
- Entry of Syrian and Russian forces
- After the fall of the Assad Regime
- Geography
- Climate
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Kobanî, also Kobane, Ayn al-Arab, is a Kurdish-majority city in the Ayn al-Arab District in northern Syria, lying immediately south of the Syria–Turkey border.
As a consequence of the Syrian civil war, the city came under the control of the Kurdish-majority People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in 2012 and became the administrative center of the Kobani Canton, later transformed into Euphrates Region of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.