According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Yaarubiyah had a population of 6,066 in the 2004 census.

It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 62 localities[citation needed] with a combined population of 39,459 in 2004.

[2] Its population are mostly Sunni Muslim Arabs of the Shammar tribe.

During the Syrian civil war, the town came under the control of jihadist rebels, including the al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State, but was later captured by the Kurdish YPG,[3] bringing it into the AANES.

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