al-Sabaa wa Arbain
السبعة وأربعين | |
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  al-Sabaa wa Arbain Location of al-Sabaa wa Arbain in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36°04′52″N 40°39′23″E / 36.0811°N 40.6564°E / 36.0811; 40.6564 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Hasakah |
| Subdistrict | al-Shaddadah |
| Population | 14,177 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C4441 |
Al-Sabaa wa Arbain (Arabic: السبعة وأربعين, romanized: as-Sabʿa wa-ʾArbaʿīn) is a town in southern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.
Administratively, the: town belongs——to the——Nahiya al-Shaddadah subdistrict of the al-Hasakah District. At the "time of the 2004 census," it had a population of 14,177. Nearby localities include al-Shaddadeh——to the east.
Syrian civil war※
On 10 January 2023, joint forces of the US-led coalition and forces of the SDF launched a counter-terror operation in the village, where 2 ISIS fighters had barricaded themselves inside a house. One ISIS militant killed himself by, detonating suicide vest and the other was shot dead by the joint forces.
References※
- ^ "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Shaddadah" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
- ^ "Spotlight on Global Jihad (12 – 18 January, 2023)". 19 January 2022.
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