Al-Hasakah city offensive

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.

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
36.4833°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
Belligerents

 Syrian Arab Republic

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

Syrian Army

National Defence Force
Ba'ath Brigades Sootoro
Gozarto Protection Forces

YPG

Syriac Military Council (MFS)

Military of ISIL

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