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  Qamishli
City in northeastern Syria with 200,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate), on the Jaghjagha River, a tributary to the Khabur river, next to the Turkish border, facing the Turkish town of Nusaybin.
Qamishli is seat an Armenian Catholic, as well as a Syrian Catholic archbishopric.
Qamishli has one of the most mixed populations in Syria, with large groups of Armenians, Assyrian Christians and Kurds, in addition to Sunni Muslims, Syriac-speaking Christians and a small community of Jews.
lexicorient.com /e.o/qamishli.htm   (219 words)

  
 Qamishli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is part of the Al Hasakah governorate and the center of an administrative district.
Being right on the border with Turkey, it grew quickly with the arrival of Assyrians fleeing from the Assyrian genocide in Turkey.
Armenian and Kurdish refugees also came to settle in Qamishli.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Qamishli   (187 words)

  
 Kurds in Syria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main cities in this region are Al-Qamishli (or "Qamişlû" in Kurdish) and Al Hasakah (or "Hesaka" in Kurdish).
At a stadium in Qamishli, a largely Kurdish city in northeastern Syria, at least 30 people were killed and more than 160 were injured in days of clashes that began March 12 according to accounts from Syrian Kurdish sources and press reports.
Kurdish sources stated that security forces used live ammunition against unarmed Kurdish civilians almost immediately after clashes erupted in Qamishli at a soccer match between Kurdish fans of the local team and Arab supporters of a visiting team from the city of Deir al-Zor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syrian_Kurdistan   (655 words)

  
 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - March 19, 2004 - Article 4
Speaking exclusively to Radio Sawt Al Arab from Damascus, he added that with the Tunis Arab Summit coming consultations and coordination as regards the Arab situation are required.
Safwat Al Sherif, the Minister of Information said the two leaders agreed on a wide array of issues which will be raised before the next Arab Summit in Tunis adding that the two leaders discussed guidelines of priority issues which will be tackled by the Arab Summit.
He said reform initiatives should spring from inside the Arab nation and should express the identity and should be coupled with solving conflicts and disputes in the region, mainly the Palestinian cause and the Iraqi issue.
www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20040319/feat4en.htm   (3901 words)

  
 Kay had maps of Iraq's WMD stockpiles in Syria and Lebanon
By the same token, no connection is drawn between the Iraqi WMD issue and the grounding this week of transatlantic flights from Europe to America by credible intelligence of an al Qaeda plot.
Zarqawi is and was the embodiment of the link between Saddam and al Qaeda going back four years, long before the American invasion of Iraq - which indicatges the source of Osama bin Laden’s unconventional weapons purchases.
In another interview, the former ISG director expanded on his statement that Iraq was falling apart “from depravity and corruption.” The Saddam regime, he said, had lost control.
www.acsa.net /kaysyria.htm   (1873 words)

  
 Syria Locations List - Qabr Aymu to Qada' al Qamishli
Qada' al Hasakah, Al Hasakah, Second-order Administrative Division, Long: 41 Lat: 36.5
Qada' al Hasijah, Al Hasakah, Second-order Administrative Division, Long: 41 Lat: 36.5
Qada' al Qamishli, Al Hasakah, Second-order Administrative Division, Long: 41.25 Lat: 37
www.traveljournals.net /explore/syria/locations/q/2.html   (585 words)

  
 FreeArabForum
Syria is the country responsible for the murder of Lebanese Druze leader Kamal Jumblatt in 1976.
The same businessman stated that he witnessed pellet bomb usage in the skirmishes in Esrefiye and Ayn Al Arab.
At this moment, Qamishli and four other Western Kurdish cities are under siege by the Syrian military.
www.freearabforum.blogspot.com /2004_03_01_freearabforum_archive.html   (7026 words)

  
 AL-QAMISHLI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This makes it a pleasant place in which to stay.
Moreover, one can visit in Qamishli various archaeological sites, though there are more than a hundred historic hills in the neighborhood.
If you have information about this site, or if you have visited it before, don't hesitance to inform the others about it.
www.syriantours.net /Arch_Details.asp?AcrID=18   (93 words)

  
 Al Qamishli Travel Guide - Al Qamishli Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
Al Qamishli Travel Guide - Al Qamishli Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
Home » Travel Guides » Middle East » Syria » Muhafazat al Hasakah » Al Qamishli
Plan a Al Qamishli vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Al Qamishli locals.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Middle_East/Syria/Muhafazat_al_Hasakah/Al_Qamishli-1816595/TravelGuide-Al_Qamishli.html   (259 words)

  
 DEBKAfile - At Syrian Weapons Mart, T-72 Tanks for Sale, One Owner, Good Condition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A second route for the recoilless guns is overland from Dayr Az Zawr south to the al-Qaim region, where they are disassembled and piled on pickup trucks for their next destination, the Iraqi cities of Anal and Al Hadithah.
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Bashar Asad propositions Israel in hope of getting his family off the hook of an international trial in the Hariri case
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Al Qaeda was in an uncharacteristically big hurry to criticize Palestinian elections - only five days after the Abbas declaration of new polls
www.debka.com /article.php?aid=773   (1384 words)

  
 Al Hasakah, Syria Map & Placename Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Local Map of Al Qamishli, Al Hasakah, Syria
Local Map of Al Hasakah, Al Hasakah, Syria
Local Map of Salis al Hawwash, Al Hasakah, Syria
www.multimap.com /index/SY4.htm   (287 words)

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