al-Hasani
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"...traditionally considered to mark the border between these two entities. The second region, lying to the east of Arabian Iraq and separated from it by the Zagros Mountains, was called foreign (i.e., Persian) Iraq ( ʿIrāq ʿAjamī) and was more or less identical with ancient Media or the Umayyad and ʿAbbāsid province of... "
Now i understand...thanks mate
Borders are rather a bit messed up in the ME. A lot of countries actual borders are part of many historical provinces, historical geographic areas. Turkey and KSA are two good examples for instance.
Similarily in Eastern Arabia there is Bahrain and then a historical region called Greater Bahrain.
Eastern Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sometimes it can be very confusing.
Anyway back to Ayn Al Arab or Kobane. I have seen no reports of there being civilians so what is this extraordinary fuss then about? Never really understood it.