Shahba Canton

This article is about the Shahba Canton. One of the two cantons of the Afrin Region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. For the northern part of Aleppo province, see Aleppo Governorate.
Not to be confused with Shahba District and Shahba.
Shahba Canton
Kantona Şehba
مقاطعة الشهباء
Canton
Official seal of Shahba Canton
Seal
The Shahba Canton is part of the Afrin Region (orange).[1]
The Shahba Canton is part of the Afrin Region (orange).[1]
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
Council of Shahba createdMarch 22, 2016 (2016-03-22)
Administrative centerTel Rifaat[citation needed]
Government
 • Co-president of the Council of ShahbaIsmail Musa[2]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code+963 21

The Shahba Canton[3][4][5] (Kurdish: Kantona Şehba, Arabic: مقاطعة الشهباء, Classical Syriac: ܦܠܩܐ ܕܓܙܪܬܐ, romanized: Pelqo d'Shahba) is a political unit of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, in the Aleppo Governorate.[6] The canton was established to administer the areas captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant west of the Euphrates, as part of the Afrin Region.[1][2][7][8]

The Shahba autonomous region was founded during the first and second conferences of the Shahba region in Afrin on 28 January 2016 and 2–4 February 2016. The conferences set up the Shahba Regional Assembly with its own council and senate and a de facto autonomous administration, created on 22 March 2016.[2][9][10] The borders of the canton are subject to change as a result of military developments in the Syrian civil war.

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  2. ^ a b c "Delegation from the Democratic administration of self-participate in the first and second conferences of the Shahba region". 4 February 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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  6. ^ Giancarlo Elia Valori (19 September 2016). "The ceasefire in force in Syria as from September 12, 2016". ModernDiplomacy.eu. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  7. ^ "Ciwanên Şehbayê 3 çeteyên DAIŞ'ê kuştin" (in Kurdish). Hawar News Agency. 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  8. ^ "Executive Board of Democratic Syria Assembly elected". ANF Naws Desk. ANF News. ANF. 13 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Interview with Ahmad Araj Member of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council". dckurd.org. WKI. WKI. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Notables and tribal areas Shahba Council issued the final statement of its founding congress". Hawar News Agency. 2 February 2016.