Qabasin
قباسين
Başköy (باش كوي)
Town
Qabasin is located in Syria
Qabasin
Qabasin
Location of Qabasin in Syria
Coordinates: 36°26′09″N 37°34′06″E / 36.4358°N 37.5683°E / 36.4358; 37.5683
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
Districtal-Bab
Subdistrictal-Bab
Control Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian Interim Government
Population
 (2004)[1]
11,382
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
GeocodeC1209

Qabasin (Arabic: قبّاسين, romanized: Qabbāsīn) is a town located northeast of the city of Al-Bab in northern Syria. It is administratively part of the Al-Bab nahiya in the Al-Bab District of the Aleppo Governorate. 11,382 people lived in the town in 2004.[1] A nearby town is Arima, to the north-east. The town is inhabited by Turkmen.[2]

Syrian civil war

During the Syrian civil war, the town was initially captured by the Syrian opposition and later by ISIL. On 23 February 2017, the Syrian National Army and the Turkish Army captured the town from ISIL as well as the nearby towns of B'zaa and al-Bab after months of fighting.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Bab" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
  2. ^ Suriye'de Değişimin Ortaya Çıkardığı Toplum: Suriye Türkmenleri (PDF) (Report) (in Turkish). ORSAM. 14 November 2011. p. 13. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ "The "Islamic State" organization withdraws from Bzaah and Qabasin and inspection operations continue in al-Bab city and kill 7 fighters in mine explosion". SOHR. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.


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