Al-Hasakah (Arabic: الحسكة‎‎, Kurdish: Hesîçe‎, Syriac: ܚܣܟܗ‎), also known as Al-Hasakeh or simply Hasakah, is the capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate and it is located in the far north-eastern corner of Syria. With a population of 188,160 residents in 2004, Al-Hasakah is among the ten largest cities in Syria and the largest in the governorate. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 108 localities with a combined population of 251,570 in 2004. Al-Hasakah has a mixed population of Arabs, in addition to a significant minority of Kurds, Assyrians and a smaller number of Armenians. The Khabur River runs through Al-Hasakah and the rest of the governorate. As a preliminary result of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, Al-Hasakah today is situated in Jazira Ca