Al-Sabaa wa Arbain (, Kurdish: ''Seba û Erbîyn'') is a town in southern

al-Hasakah Governorate Al-Hasakah Governorate (; ; , also known as , ''Gozarto'') is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is located in the far north-east corner of Syria and distinguished by its fertile lands, plentiful water ...

, northeastern

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. Administratively, the town belongs to the Nahiya al-Shaddadah subdistrict of the

al-Hasakah Al-Hasakah (; / ; ) is a city in northeastern Syria and the capital of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. With a 2023 estimated population of 422,445, Al-Hasakah is populated by Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians and a smaller number of Armenians and Chechens. A ...

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

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militant killed himself by detonating a

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and the other was shot dead by the joint forces.

References

{{AlHasakahSY-geo-stub Populated places in al-Hasakah District Towns in al-Hasakah Governorate