Hora Atual em Al Mālikīyah, Síria — GMT+3.

Al-Malikiyah, also known as Derik, is a city in northeastern Syria and the center of an administrative district belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate. The district constitutes the northeastern corner of the country, and is where the Syrian Democratic Council convenes. The town is about 20 km (12 mi) west of the Tigris river which defines the triple border between Syria, Turkey and Iraq. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Malikiyah had a population about 26,311 residents in the 2004 census. Other sources claim that the city has a population of 39,000 as of 2024. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 108 localities with a combined population of 125,000. The population enjoys demographic and ethnic diversity that is characteristic of most of Al-Hasakah Governorate. The town is inhabited by Kurds, Assyrians, Arabs and Armenians.

Reading Al Mālikīyah against the global hubs: Dubai (~1,822 km), London (~3,654 km), Singapore (~7,440 km) are the close ones, with Sydney (~13,740 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.

Al Mālikīyah sits inside Síria — the Western Asia subregion, capital Damascus, languages Arabic, currency SYP (£).

The closest mapped neighbors of Al Mālikīyah are Cizre (17 km), İdil (28 km), Silopi (30 km), Şırnak (47 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.

Closest curated airport references from Al Mālikīyah: ALP Aleppo (452 km), DAM Damascus (660 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.