Ayn al-Arab District

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Ayn al-Arab District is a region in northern Syria centered on the town of Kobani, known for its strategic location near the Turkish border and its role in the Syrian conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district of Syria
arabicName منطقة عين العرب NERFINISHED
borderWith Turkey NERFINISHED
capital Kobani NERFINISHED
conflictImpact infrastructure damage
significant displacement of civilians
containsCity Kobani NERFINISHED
containsSubdistrict Ayn al-Arab Subdistrict NERFINISHED
Sarrin Subdistrict NERFINISHED
Shuyukh Tahtani Subdistrict NERFINISHED
country Syria
governedDeFactoBy Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria NERFINISHED
hasAdministrativeCenter Kobani NERFINISHED
hasGeopoliticalSignificance strategic border region
hasKeyEconomicActivity agriculture
cross-border trade
hasMajorTown Kobani NERFINISHED
Sarrin NERFINISHED
Shuyukh Tahtani NERFINISHED
hasMinorityPopulation Arabs NERFINISHED
Turkmen NERFINISHED
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic
hasPopulationMajority Kurds NERFINISHED
hasWidelySpokenLanguage Kurdish
involvedIn Syrian civil war NERFINISHED
kurdishName Herêma Kobanê NERFINISHED
locatedIn Aleppo Governorate NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
northern Syria NERFINISHED
locatedNear Syrian–Turkish border
locatedOn Euphrates River NERFINISHED
partOf Rojava NERFINISHED
Syrian Kurdistan NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Aleppo Governorate NERFINISHED
subdivisionType district
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
wasBattlegroundOf Siege of Kobani NERFINISHED
wasContestedBy Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED
wasDefendedBy People's Protection Units NERFINISHED
Women’s Protection Units NERFINISHED
wasSupportedBy United States-led coalition NERFINISHED

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Aleppo Governorate contains Ayn al-Arab District
Battle of Kobani location Ayn al-Arab District