Al-Sabaa wa Arbain


Al-Sabaa wa Arbain is a town in southern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.
Administratively, the town belongs to the Nahiya al-Shaddadah subdistrict of the al-Hasakah District. At the time of the 2004 census, it had a population of 14,177. Nearby localities include al-Shaddadeh to the east.

Civil war

On 10 January 2023, joint forces of the US-led coalition and forces of the SDF launched a counter-terror operation in the village, where 2 ISIS fighters had barricaded themselves inside a house. One ISIS militant killed himself by detonating a suicide vest and the other was shot dead by the joint forces.