Qabasin | |
Native Name: | قباسين |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Other Name: | Başköy (باش كوي) |
Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Qabasin in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Aleppo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | al-Bab |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | al-Bab |
Parts Type: | Control |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Syrian Interim Government |
Population: | 11382 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Geocode: | C1209 |
Qabasin (Arabic: قبّاسين|Qabbāsīn) is a town located northeast of the city of Al-Bab in northern Syria. It is administratively part of the Al-Bab nahiya in the Al-Bab District of the Aleppo Governorate. 11,382 people lived in the town in 2004. A nearby town is Arima, to the north-east. The town is inhabited by Turkmen[1] and Kurds.[2]
During the Syrian civil war, the town was initially captured by the Syrian opposition and later by ISIL. On 23 February 2017, the Syrian National Army and the Turkish Army captured the town from ISIL as well as the nearby towns of B'zaa and al-Bab after months of fighting.[3]