District al-Bab Population (2004) 11,382 Local time Monday 9:12 AM | Governorate Aleppo Subdistrict al-Bab Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Qabasin (Arabic: قباسين, Kurdish: Qebasîn), or Başköy (Turkish: Başköy, Arabic: باش كوي) or Kıbbesin (Arabic: قبة ياسين, Kubbaseen) also known as 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. The town had a population of 11,382 in 2004. A nearby town is Arima, to the north-east.
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Map of Qabasin, Syria
Syrian Civil War
During the Syrian Civil War, the town was initially captured by the Syrian opposition and later by ISIL. ISIL kidnapped hundreds of Kurdish civilians from the town and executed dozens of them between 2014 and 2016.
On 23 February 2017, the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captured the town from ISIL as well as the nearby towns of B'zaa and al-Bab after months of fighting.