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Round (6) - Qamishli - Ras al-Ain:

This tour of ours includes a sector from the far north of the Syrian territory. We walk near the Turkish border and pass an agricultural plain land, overlooking us from the north and northeast by the mountains of Turkish territory (the Taurus Mountains).

The distance is Ras Al-Ain, and the length of this tour is about 108 km, which is Ras Al-Ain. between Qamishli

After leaving the southwestern corner of Qamishli, the road takes a distance of about 13 km from the Turkish border, passing a number of villages (Hemo, Al-Thawra Hashemite, Haram Sheikho Renko) to approach the border again, passing through the villages of Bab Al-Khair, Umm Al-Rabee’, and Hasahah, to then reach the town of Amuda, which is far from Qamishli. About 27 km from the Turkish border, about 2 km, and it is penetrated by the valley of Nahr al-Khazran, one of the tributaries of Khabur, which derives its waters from the foothills of the southern Turkish Taurus Mountains.

It is an old town in the region, and it has been considered the center of a district since the Ottoman era. The French colonialism wreaked havoc and destruction on it in 1937 when it confronted its resistance, dominated by the old mud-brick construction in its old neighborhoods, with the emergence of cement urbanization in its new neighborhoods. Its population was about 18,000 in 1981, although today it is close to 30,000, according to civil status records. Its lands abound with underground wells that contribute to watering large areas grown with cotton, corn, wheat and vegetables.

By passing Amuda heading west, we get closer to the Turkish border, to walk along it after Amuda by about 7 km - that is, after the village of Bahira - a few tens of meters away from it. On the way to Ad-Darbasiyah, we pass many villages and farms, including: Jawhariya (2 km), Jawhariya Kabeer (4 km), Bahira (7 km), Tell Hamdoun (9 km), Kharazah (12 km), Khanik (16 km), Abu Jarada (21 km) and Tel Tishreen (24 km). Al-Darbasiyah is a small town, although it is the center of a sub-district, with a population of no more than 3,000

breeze. It is located near the Turkish border, where it is only tens of meters away from that border. It is one of the ancient sites on the island, and its name is believed to be derived from its previous function, as it was a station for trade caravans coming from the south towards Asia - that is, it was the path of Asia.

It is believed that a visitor to Ad-Darbasiyah must visit the archaeological Tell Ailon (Tell Ayalon) near Ad-Darbasiyah (15 km to the east of Ad-Darbasiyah, directly south of the road), which is about 35 meters higher than the neighboring plain lands, and contains the ruins of an ancient city that was the center of this spot. The excavations that took place in 1956 revealed successive residential layers extending from the era of Tell Halaf until the end of the second millennium BC. Pottery vessels of various shapes and sizes and dishes made of yellow or red pottery decorated with raised or engraved inscriptions were also found in it.

After Darbasiyah, we continue our tour close to the Turkish border, and the railway line is not far from us in some locations more than 200 meters. We pass through plain agricultural lands that are rich in various grains, and irrigated crops (cotton and vegetables) that are irrigated from the abundant water of wells. We pass through many small human settlements, until we reach Ras al-Ain, which is about 55 km away from Ad-Darbasiyah. It is a beautiful city with its location adjacent to the Turkish border, and the abundance of water springs that surround it from the west and south, and the greenery that the lush trees give shade to where there is abundant water, as can be seen in the south and west, and there are parks and cafeterias in the south. Ras Al-Ain; A city whose history goes back to the Babylonian and Assyrian eras, and it flourished during the era of the Mitannians and the Arameans. It was mentioned by Arab historians and geographers (Yaqout al-Hamwi, al-Istakhri, al-Idrisi ... and others. It is located to the west of it, about 3 km old, dating back