Al-Yaarubiyah

Al-Yaarubiyah () 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 with a combined population of 39,459 in 2004.

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Settlement.name: Al-Yaarubiyah
Settlement.native_name: ٱلْيَعْرُبِيَّة
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: al-Hasakah
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: al-Malikiyah

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Its population are mostly Sunni Muslim Arabs of the Shammar tribe. During the Syrian civil war in March 2013, the town came under the control of Islamist jihadist rebels, including the al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham, but was later captured by Kurdish YPG forces in October 2013, bringing it into the administration of Rojava. On January 20, 2026 the town came under the control of the Syrian transitional government.