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    Ras al-Ayn (Arabic: رَأْس ٱلْعَيْن, romanized: Raʾs al-ʿAyn, Kurdish: سەرێ کانیێ, romanized: Serê Kaniyê, Classical Syriac: ܪܝܫ ܥܝܢܐ, romanized: Rēš Aynā)...
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    The Second Battle of Ras al-Ayn occurred during the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, as part of the Rojava conflict of the Syrian Civil...
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    Ras al-Ayn District (Arabic: منطقة رأس العين, romanized: manṭiqat Raʾs al-ʿAyn) is a district of al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative...
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    The Battle of Ras al-Ayn (8 November 2012 – 20 July 2013) was a series of armed clashes for control of the town of Ras al-Ayn (Kurdish: Serê Kaniyê) during...
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    Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية مركز رأس العين) is a subdistrict of Ras al-Ayn District in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The...
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    Ra's al-'Ayn camps (also Ras ul-Ain camps) were desert death camps near Ra's al-'Ayn city, where many Armenians were deported and slaughtered during the...
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  • Ras al-Ayn is a city in northeastern Syria. Ras al-Ayn or variants (رأس العين, Raʼs al-ʻAyn; Arabic for 'Head of the Eye') may also refer to: Ras al-Ein...
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    2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria (category Al-Hasakah Governorate in the Syrian civil war)
    clashes in besieged Ras al-Ayn. The SDF claimed that Turkey was violating the ceasefire and of shelling civilian areas of Ras al-Ayn. An unnamed US official...
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  • Ras al-Ayn Qibli (Arabic: رأس العين قبلي) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, northeast of Aleppo and south...
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  • Ras al-Ayn (Arabic: رأس العين) is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics...
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  • (12 mi) southeast of Ras al-Ayn and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of Tell Tamer. It administratively belongs to the Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict. al-Manajir had an...
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    city of Ras al-Ayn. Kurdish forces launched a campaign in an attempt to take control of the Islamist-controlled areas in the governorate of al-Hasakah...
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    the karstic springs around Ras al-Ayn are the river's main source of water. Several important wadis join the Khabur north of Al-Hasakah, together creating...
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    over 1000 settlements, including towns such as al-Bab, Azaz, Jarabulus, Rajo, Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn. The majority of these settlements had been captured...
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    the offensive operations in the western Al-Hasakah Governorate ended, the part of the offensive in the Ras al-Ayn District expanded into the Tell Abyad...
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  • army positions in town of Ras al-Ayn (Kurdish: Serêkanî) and later released video showed FSA fighters in control of the town. Al-Kurdiya News correspondent...
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    when Ras al-Ayn was taken by the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front. At first the YPG conquered the surrounding government-controlled areas: al-Darbasiyah...
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    fontes, "Silent springs". The Ottoman fortress known as Binar Bashi or Ras al-Ayn was built there in the 16th century. Antipatris/Tel Afek lies at the strong...
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    The YPG also took control over parts of the towns of Ras al-Ayn (Kurdish: Serê Kaniyê) and al-Darbasiyah (Kurdish: Dirbêsî), after government security...
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    were liquidated and the survivors were forced to march to Ras al-Ayn; the camps around Ras al-Ayn were closed in early 1916 and the survivors sent to Deir...
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  • launch an assault on Iraq. In the three-day long battle that ensued at Ras al-Ayn, the small Penitent army was annihilated and its senior leaders, including...
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    towns. Soon YPG also gained control of the cities of Al-Malikiyah, Ras al-Ayn, al-Darbasiyah, and al-Muabbada and parts of Hasakah and Qamishli. Doing so...
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    the Kobanî Canton and its main city of Kobanî (also known as Kobanê or Ayn al-Arab) in northern Syria, in the de facto autonomous region of Rojava. By...
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  • Ras al-'Ayn (Arabic: رأس العين) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located southwest of Damascus. Nearby...
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    Qamishli Ras al-Ayn Malikiyah Tell Hamis Qahtaniyah Shaddadeh Amuda Darbasiyah Tell Tamer Jawadiyah Yaarubiyah Bir al-Helou Markada Arishah Hawl Al-Hasakah...
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    Islamic State. The formation of the IFB was announced in June 2015 in Ras al-Ayn. Inspiration for the group came from the International Brigades of the...
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    comprising Ayn al-Arab District of the Aleppo Governorate, Tell Abyad District of the Raqqa Governorate, and the westernmost tip of the Ras al-Ayn Subdistrict...
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    Omar Souleyman (category People from Al-Hasakah Governorate)
    Ras al-Ayn near the Syria–Turkey border but grew up in the city of Tell Tamer. He started his career as a part-time wedding singer in his native al-Hasakah...
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    whether it was responsible for an air raid on a civilian convoy near Ras al-Ayn. Turkey denied a role in the attack, while the Syrian Observatory for...
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  • Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Arabic: أبو حفص الهاشمي القرشي) is a militant and the fifth and current caliph of the Islamic State. He was named as caliph...
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