Al-Hasakah city offensive

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)
Location36°29′00″N 40°45′00″E / 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
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

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.