# Al-Muabbada

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{{short description|Town in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria}}{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = 
| native_name                     = {{lang|ar|المعبدة}}<br>Girkê Legê
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| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in Syria
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| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = [Syria](/source/Syria)
| subdivision_type1               = [Governorate](/source/Governorates_of_Syria)
| subdivision_name1               = [al-Hasakah](/source/Hasaka_Governorate)
| subdivision_type2               = [District](/source/Districts_of_Syria)
| subdivision_name2               = [al-Malikiyah](/source/Al-Malikiyah_District)
| subdivision_type3               = [Subdistrict](/source/Nahiyah)
| subdivision_name3               = al-Muabbada
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| timezone                        = [AST](/source/Arabia_Standard_Time)
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| population_as_of                = 2004 census
| population_note                 = 
| population_total                = 15759
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="CBS"/>
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| elevation_m                     = 470
| official_name                   = 
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| p1                              = {{flagicon|Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria}} [Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria](/source/Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria)
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'''Al-Muabbada''' ({{langx|ar|المعبدة}}; {{langx|ku|Girkê Legê}}) is a town in [al-Hasakah Governorate](/source/al-Hasakah_Governorate), [Syria](/source/Syria). According to the [Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (CBS), Al-Muabbada had a population of 15,759 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[https://archive.today/20130112171423/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB08-12-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> According to the Kurdish news agency "Rudaw", the [Ba'athist Party](/source/Arab_Socialist_Ba'ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Syria_Region) under President [Hafez al-Assad](/source/Hafez_al-Assad) changed the name of the town to Al-Muabbada.<ref name="girkelege"/> The town is 35 kilometres from the [Iraqi border](/source/Iraq%E2%80%93Syria_border) and 15 kilometres from the [Turkish border](/source/Syria%E2%80%93Turkey_border).<ref name="ips"/> As of 2004, Al-Muabbada is the eighth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate. The majority of the inhabitants of the town are [Kurds](/source/Kurds) with a large [Shammar](/source/Shammar) [Arab](/source/Arabs) minority.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lekolin.org/haber-3961--JI-SEDI-61-NISTECIHEN-KANTONA-CIZIRE-KURDIN.html |title=Jİ SEDÎ 61 NİŞTECİHÊN KANTONA CİZÎRÊ KURDİN &#124; Kürdistan Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi &#124; Lekolin.org |access-date=2017-06-10 |archive-date=2017-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019213628/http://www.lekolin.org/haber-3961--JI-SEDI-61-NISTECIHEN-KANTONA-CIZIRE-KURDIN.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Syrian Civil War==
{{See also|Syrian civil war|Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)}}

On 24 July 2012, the [PYD](/source/Democratic_Union_Party_(Syria)) announced that Syrian security forces withdrew from Al-Muabbada. The [YPG](/source/Popular_Protection_Units) forces afterwards took control of all government institutions<ref name="girkelege">{{cite news|title=Girke Lege Becomes Sixth Kurdish City Liberated in Syria |url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4992.html |access-date=27 July 2012 |newspaper=Rudaw |date=17 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129100410/http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4992.html |archive-date=29 November 2012 }}</ref> and the town came fully under the PYD's control.<ref name="ips">{{cite news|title=Syrian Crisis Brings a Blessing for Kurds|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/syrian-crisis-brings-a-blessing-for-kurds/|access-date=17 November 2012|newspaper=Inter Press Service|date=17 November 2012}}</ref>

On 27 September 2022, 2 [SDF](/source/Syrian_Democratic_Forces) fighters were killed in a [Turkish](/source/Turkey) drone strike on their car in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geopolitical.report/turkish-drone-strike-in-northern-syria/|title=Turkish drone strike in northern Syria|work=GeoPolitical.report|date=27 September 2022|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927171742/https://www.geopolitical.report/turkish-drone-strike-in-northern-syria/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Al-Hasakah Governorate|malikiyah}}

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Category:Populated places in al-Malikiyah District
Category:Towns in Syria
Category:Kurdish communities in Syria

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