Qamishli Qamishli

Qamishli - Definition and Overview

Qamishli ܩܡܫܠܝ (or Al Qamishli or Kamishli, sometimes transcribed with accents) is a city in northeast Syria on the border with Turkey and close to Iraq (Ancient Assyria). It has a population of about 200,000. It is part of the Al Hasakah province and the centre of an administrative district. The city was founded by Christian Assyrians, as a result of the horrible brutal genocide that happened them in the years 1914-1922 in what is now Turkey. Today there lives Assyrians, Arabs, Kurds and Armenians side by side in the city.

It has an international airport with IATA code KAC.

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