Al-Hasakah city offensive

This article is about the May–June 2015 offensive. For the Summer 2015 battle, see Battle of al-Hasakah (2015).
Al-Hasakah city offensive
Part of the American-led intervention in Syria, the Syrian Civil War, and the Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present)

Collage of places in Al-Hasakah city
Date30 May – 8 June 2015
(1 week and 2 days)
Location
Al-Hasakah, Syria
36°29′00″N 40°45′00″E / 36.4833°N 40.7500°E / 36.4833; 40.7500
Result

Syrian Army/YPG victory

  • Syrian Army recaptures two villages, al-Ahdath prison and a power plant south of the city[3][4]
Belligerents

 Syrian Arab Republic

 Syrian Kurdistan
Syriac Union Party
Supported by:
CJTF–OIR[1][2]		 Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Units involved

Syrian Army

National Defence Force[5]
Ba'ath Brigades[5] Sootoro[6]
Gozarto Protection Forces[5]

YPG[7]

Syriac Military Council (MFS)[7]

Islamic State Military of ISIL

Casualties and losses
71 Syrian soldiers and 11 YPG fighters killed[8] 114 ISIL militants killed (11 suicide bombers), 23 of them by YPG[8][9]
25 civilians killed[8][10]
4,000+ civilians fled[11]

The Al-Hasakah city offensive was launched during the Syrian Civil War by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) against the city of Al-Hasakah, which was held by both the Syrian Armed Forces and the Kurdish YPG.

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  6. ^ Leith Fadel (4 June 2015). "ISIS fails to enter Al-Hasakah City despite numerous attempts". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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  8. ^ a b c "YPG shares in repelling an attack on the city of al- Hasakah, and more than 30 fighters killed in the clashes". Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. 7 June 2015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  9. ^ "YPG shares in repelling an attack on the city of al- Hasakah, and more than 30 fighters killed in the clashes | Syrian Observatory for Human Rights". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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  11. ^ "4,000 Christian families have fled their homes after fears ISIS may overrun the Syrian city of Hasakah". 2 July 2015.