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Qamishli

City in northeastern Syria

Photo: Arab Salsa, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Overview

Qamishli is a city in the Syrian Desert, on the border with Turkey, facing the city of Nusaybin on the Turkish side of the border.

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In the past, SyrianAir operated a daily flight from Damascus. As of February 2026, the airport is not served by civilian flights.

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UnderstandQamishli was founded in the 1920s by Assyrian peoples escaping a genocide inflicted upon them by the Ottoman Empire.

Get inIn the past, SyrianAir operated a daily flight from Damascus. As of February 2026, the airport is not served by civilian flights.

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LearnThe Rojava University opened here in 2016 as a university for Syrian Kurds.

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Photo: Arab Salsa, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons