Battle of al-Hasakah (2022)

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)
Date	20–30 January 2022; (1 week and 3 days)
Location	Al-Hasakah, Syria36°28′39″N 40°45′45″E / 36.47750°N 40.76250°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 YPG; Asayish; SDF; 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

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 SDF military victory and an ISIS prison break, 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.

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.