Al-Muabbada
Al-Muabbada is a town in al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Al-Muabbada had a population of 15,759 in the 2004 census. 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. The town is 35 kilometres from the Iraqi border and 15 kilometres from the Turkish border. 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 Arab minority.
On 24 July 2012, the PYD announced that Syrian security forces withdrew from Girkê legê. The YPG forces afterwards took control of all government institutions and the town came fully under the PYD's control.
