Battle of al-Hasakah (2022)

The 2022 Battle of al-Hasakah was a large-scale Islamic State attack and prison riot aimed at freeing arrested fighters of the Islamic State from al-Sina'a prison in the Ghuwayran (Geweran) area of Al-Hasakah, Syria, which resulted in a partial strategic victory and major propaganda victory for the Islamic State, with hundreds of prisoners, including important Emirs, being freed from captivity. The attack was the largest attack committed by the Islamic State since it lost its last key Syrian territory in 2019.

Battle of al-Hasakah
Part of the Rojava–Islamist conflict of the Syrian civil war, and the American-led intervention in Syria

The military situation following the attack on the prison (21 January 2022)
Date20–30 January 2022
(1 week and 3 days)
Location
Al-Hasakah, Syria
36°28′39″N 40°45′45″E
Result

SDF tactical victory/minor ISIL strategic victory

  • Destruction of Al-Sina'a Prison
  • At least 1,100 prisoners and fighters surrendered or arrested, while hundreds of prisoners escaped
  • Heavy casualties inflicted on IS
  • At least 2 IS Emirs escaped
Belligerents

Rojava

CJTF–OIR

  • United States
  • United Kingdom
 Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Usman Mahmoud Uthman † Abu Abaida 
Strength
9,000 SDF soldiers
US and UK ground troops
Coalition air forces		 200–300+ fighters
2 suicide bombers
~3,500–4,000 prisoners
Casualties and losses

Per SOHR:
159 killed,
120 injured,
50 hostages taken

Per SDF:
121 killed

Per IS:
260 killed

Per SOHR:
346 killed,
1,100 re-arrested

Per SDF:
374 killed,
3,600 re-arrested
4–7 civilians killed
40+ unidentified killed
45,000 civilians displaced
Location within Syria

For over a week, IS and the Syrian Democratic Forces fought in Al Sina’a prison. 346 ISIS fighters were killed in the fighting, while the SDF took 154 fatalities while trying to regain control of the now destroyed prison, with assistance of Coalition airstrikes. The SDF arrested 1,100 prisoners. A total of 400 prisoners were found missing in the fighting.

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