Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–2014)

Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–2013)
	Part of the 2012–2013 escalation of the Syrian Civil War, the Rojava conflict, and the Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present)
	; Location of the Hasakah Governorate
Date	20 July 2012 – 31 December 2013; (1 year, 4 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Result	Indecisive; YPG and ISIL gains YPG captured all Kurdish-majority towns in the governorate with the exceptions of Qamishli and Hasaka, captured 40% of Qamishli, and took control of al-Yaarubiyah and its border crossing; ISIL, al-Nusra, and other Salafist jihadists take control over the majority of the southern Hasaka countryside;
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Units involved
	See order of battle
Casualties and losses
	At least 334 killed overall

The al-Hasakah Governorate campaign was a multi-sided military conflict between Syrian government forces, Kurdish forces, armed Syrian opposition groups, and Salafist jihadist forces, including al-Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Nusra Front in the al-Hasakah Governorate as part of the Syrian Civil War. The clashes began with the People's Protection Units (YPG)'s entrance into the civil war in July 2012 and spread across the governorate.

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