Al-Hasakah city offensive
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This article is about the May–June 2015 offensive. For the Summer 2015 battle, see Battle of al-Hasakah (2015).
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.
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Al-Hasakah city offensive | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Syrian Kurdistan Syriac Union Party Supported by: CJTF–OIR[3][4] | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
National Defence Force[5] Syriac Military Council (MFS)[7] | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
71 Syrian soldiers and 11 YPG fighters killed[8] | 114 ISIL militants killed (11 suicide bombers), 23 of them by YPG[8][9] | ||||||
25 civilians killed[8][10] 4,000+ civilians fled[11] |
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