Ayn al-Arab

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Ayn al-Arab is a town in northern Syria, better known internationally by its Kurdish name Kobanî and noted for its strategic location near the Turkish border and its role in the Syrian conflict.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ayn al-Arab canonical 2
Ain al-Arab 1
عين العرب 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
alsoKnownAs Kobane
linked to: Kobani

Kobanî
arabicName عين العرب
linked to: Ayn al-Arab
borderCrossingWith Turkey
coordinateLocation 36.890°N 38.353°E
country Syria
defendedBy People's Protection Units
Women’s Protection Units
eventDate Siege of Kobanî 2014–2015
linked to: Battle of Kobani
governingAuthorityDuringWar Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
hasKurdishName Kobanî
hasReconstructionEfforts post-2015 urban rebuilding
hasStrategicImportance border crossing with Turkey
control of routes between Aleppo and Turkish border
hasType border town
settlement
involvedIn Kurdish–ISIL conflict
kurdishName Kobanî
languageUsed Arabic
Kurdish
locatedIn northern Syria
locatedInAdministrativeDivision Aleppo Governorate
locatedInRegion Rojava
Syrian Kurdistan
locatedNear Turkish border
locatedOnRiver Euphrates region (nearby)
linked to: Euphrates region
majorEthnicGroup Kurds
nearbyCity Jarabulus
Tell Abyad
notableFor heavy destruction during Syrian civil war
symbol of resistance against ISIL
oppositeTownAcrossBorder Suruç
partOf Kobanî Canton
partOfBattle Siege of Kobanî
linked to: Battle of Kobani
partOfConflict Syrian civil war
linked to: Syrian Civil War
populationMajority Kurdish
railwayHistory developed as a station on the Baghdad Railway
religionMajority Sunni Islam
supportedBy United States-led coalition
timezone EET
utcOffset +2
utcOffsetDST +3
wasAttackedBy Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
writingSystemUsedForName Arabic script
Latin script

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kobanî historicalName Ayn al-Arab
Kobanî alternativeName Ayn al-Arab
Kobanî alternativeName Ain al-Arab
linked to: Ayn al-Arab
Ayn al-Arab arabicName عين العرب
linked to: Ayn al-Arab