Battle of al-Hasakah (2016)

Battle of al-Hasakah (2016)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
	; Military situation in al-Hasakah City and the surrounding areas before (top) and after (bottom) the battle.; Controlled by the Syrian Government Controlled by Rojava Controlled by the Syriac Union Party
Date	16–23 August 2016; (1 week)
Location	Al-Hasakah, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Result	Ceasefire; strategic Kurdish victory The NDF leaves the city and is barred from reentering; Creation of the Hasakah Security Box;
Territorial; changes	Kurdish forces take control of 90% of the city
Belligerents
Democratic Federation of Northern Syria Asayish police; YPG; YPJ; Civilian Defense Force (HPC); MFS; Supported by: ; CJTF–OIR United States;	Syrian Arab Republic National Defence Forces; Syrian Army; Syrian Arab Air Force; Supported by: Iran (Kurdish claim); Hezbollah (Kurdish claim)
Commanders and leaders
Lawend †; (General commander); Munir Mohamad †; (Asayish commander); Haval Rasho; (YPG 4th Division commander); Lewend Rojava; (YPG commander)	Maj. Gen. Hassan Mohammad; (Commander of the eastern region of Syria); Osama Nathim al-Ahmed †; (123rd Regiment commander); Muhammed Za’al al-Ali; (Al-Hasakah governor)
Units involved
YPG 4th Division of Girê Spî; United States Armed Forces United States Air Force; United States special operations forces;	Syrian Army 3rd Armoured Division 123rd Regiment; ;
Casualties and losses
14 Asayish killed; (Kurdish and NDF claim)	77 killed, 170 captured (Kurdish claim)
	27–40+ civilians killed

The 2016 Battle of al-Hasakah was fought between the paramilitary police of the Asayish and the People's Protection Units (YPG), against the pro-government National Defence Forces and the Syrian Arab Army, backed by the Syrian Arab Air Force, in the city of al-Hasakah, Syria.

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