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| Mount Abdulaziz | |
|---|---|
  Mount Abdulaziz Location of Mount Abdulaziz | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 932 m (3,058 ft) |
| Coordinates | 36°24′29″N 40°18′30″E / 36.40806°N 40.30833°E |
| Naming | |
| English translation | جبل عبد العزيز |
| Language of name | ar |
| Geography | |
| Location | Hasakah Governorate, Syria |
Mount Abdulaziz or Abd al-Aziz (Arabic: جبل عبدالعزيز, romanized: Jabal ʿAbdulʿazīz) is a mountain ridge located in the southwestern part of the Hasakah Governorate, some 35 km west-south-west from the center of the city of Hasakah, in northeastern Syria. The mountain has taken its name after Abdul Aziz, a descendant of Abdul-Qadir Gilani and military commander in Saladin's army who had once taken the mountain as a fortified place. The former name of the mountain was ʾAl-Ḥiyāl الحيال. The mount is currently under the control of Kurdish YPG forces who captured it in May 2015 from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)[1]
- ^ Shekho, Zozan (May 21, 2015). "Kurdish fighters expel ISIS radicals from major stronghold in Syria". Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
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