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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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