Western al-Hasakah offensive

Western al-Hasakah offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War,
Rojava–Islamist conflict,
and the American-led intervention in Syria

YPG fighters in Tell Tamer
Date6–31 May 2015[2]
(3 weeks and 4 days)
Location
Western Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Result

Major YPG & allied forces victory[3]

Territorial
changes
  • The YPG and allied forces capture the Tell Tamer[4] and Ras al-Ayn countrysides,[5] including 230 towns, villages, and farms,[6] as well the Abd al-Aziz Mountains[4]
    • Belligerents
     Rojava
    Syriac Union Party[1]
    Al-Sanadid Forces[1]
    Air-strikes:
    CJTF–OIR    		 Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
    Commanders and leaders
    Sozdar Dêrik[7]
    (YPG General Command member)
    Commander Rûbar Qamishlo †[8]
    (YPG field commander)
    Sharwan Sason[9]
    (YPG field commander)    		 Abu Ali al-Anbari
    (Deputy, Syria)
    Units involved
    YPG
    YPJ
    Syriac Military Council (MFS)[1]
    Sutoro
    Khabour Guards[1]

    Islamic State Military of ISIL

    Strength

    Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria YPG & YPJ: 5,500+[citation needed]
    Syriac Military Council (MFS): 1,500[10]

    Sutoro: 1,000+ (June 2013)[11]    		 4,000+[12]
    Casualties and losses
    55 killed[2][5][13] 434–716 killed (YPG claim)[2][4][13][14]
    268 killed (SOHR claim)[2][6]
    50–120 civilians killed[15][16]

    The Western al-Hasakah offensive, dubbed Operation Commander Rûbar Qamishlo by the Kurds, was a military operation during May 2015 in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War, conducted by Kurdish YPG and allied forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. On 31 May 2015, as most of the offensive operations in the western Al-Hasakah Governorate ended, the part of the offensive in the Ras al-Ayn District expanded into the Tell Abyad region, in the northern Raqqa Governorate.

    1. ^ a b c d "YPG, backed by al- Khabour Guards Forces, al- Sanadid army and the Syriac Military Council, expels IS out of more than 230 towns, villages and farmlands". SOHR. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
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    6. ^ a b "YPG, backed by al- Khabour Guards Forces, al- Sanadid army and the Syriac Military Council, expels IS out of more than 230 towns, villages and farmlands". Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
    7. ^ "YPG: Operation Rubar Qamishlo completed successfully". Kurdish info. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
    8. ^ "Commander Rûbar Qamishlo; Statement of the General Command of the People's Defense Units (YPG)". People's Defernse Units. 16 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
    9. ^ "YPG reports over 5,000 square km reclaimed from IS in Jazira". NRT. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
    10. ^ "En Syrie, des chrétiens prennent les armes face à l'Etat islamique et aux forces d'Assad". Slate. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
    11. ^ Ramezani, K. (12 July 2013). "20 Minuten - Schweizer Söldner im syrischen Bürgerkrieg - Hintergrund". 20min.ch. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
    12. ^ 3,000+ including reinforcements (Tell Tamer region),[citation needed] ~1,000 (Tell Khanzir area),[1] Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine a total of 4,000+ fighters
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