Siege of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah

Siege of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah
	Part of the Rojava conflict and the Syrian Civil War
Date	10 January – 2 February 2021; (3 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Qamishli and Al-Hasakah, Syria
Result	Kurdish Asayish victory Siege lifted;
Belligerents
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria	Syrian Arab Republic
Units involved
Asayish police; YPG	Syrian police; National Defense Force; Syrian Army
Casualties and losses
None	2 killed; 7 wounded; 3 captured
	6 civilians wounded

The siege of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah was a siege laid upon Baathist Syrian government-controlled areas of the towns of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah by the Asayish forces of the AANES. The siege was allegedly enacted in response to the restrictions of exclusively SDF-controlled areas of the Shahba region and the restriction of movement and supplies to the YPG-controlled neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in Aleppo by the Syrian government.

The siege was mainly centered in the "Hasakah Security Box," and the neighborhoods of Halko and al-Tayy in Qamishli, preventing the entry of forces loyal to the Syrian government as well as supplies and fuel to the areas. The siege began on 10 January 2021 after the two sides failed to reach an agreement regarding a wide range of issues, including release of AANES prisoners.