Al-Muabbada

Al-Muabbada (Arabic: المعبدة; Kurdish: Girkê Legê) is a town in al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Muabbada had a population of 15,759 in the 2004 census.^[1] According to the Kurdish news agency "Rudaw", the Ba'athist Party under President Hafez al-Assad changed the name of the town to Al-Muabbada.^[2] The town is 35 kilometres from the Iraqi border and 15 kilometres from the Turkish border.^[3] As of 2004, Al-Muabbada is the eighth largest town in Al-Hasakah governorate. The majority of the inhabitants of the town are Kurds with a large Shammar Arab minority.^[4]

Al-Muabbada المعبدة Girkê Legê
Town
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 37°0′59″N 41°57′16″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Malikiyah
Subdistrict	al-Muabbada
Control	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	15,759
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

Syrian Civil War

See also: Syrian civil war and Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2022)

On 24 July 2012, the PYD announced that Syrian security forces withdrew from Al-Muabbada. The YPG forces afterwards took control of all government institutions^[2] and the town came fully under the PYD's control.^[3]

On 27 September 2022, 2 SDF fighters were killed in a Turkish drone strike on their car in the town.^[5]