Ra's al-'Ayn (Arabic: رأس العين Ra's al 'Ayn, Kurdish: Serêkanî, Classical Syriac: ܪܝܫ ܥܝܢܐ Rēṣḥ 'Aynā, ) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate. Ra's al-'Ayn has an altitude of 360 m. It has a population of 55,247, many of them being Assyrian/Syriacs, Arabs, Kurds, Armenians, Chechens. There is a border crossing to Ceylanpınar in Turkey.