Eastern al-Hasakah offensive
| Eastern al-Hasakah offensive | |||||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War, the Rojava–Islamist conflict, and the American-led intervention in Syria | |||||||||
A map of the territorial changes during the Al-Hasakah offensive | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Rojava Syrian Arab Republic Sootoro | Islamic State | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Sipan Hamo Brig. Gen. Mohammad Khodour Maj. Gen. Hassan Mohammad |
Abu Ali al-Anbari (Deputy, Syria) Abu Waheeb Abu Omar al-Shishani (Field commander in Syria) Unknown pro-ISIL tribal leader | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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YPG Syrian Army National Defence Force |
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| Strength | |||||||||
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YPG & YPJ: 1,500+ Syriac Military Council (MFS): 1,500 Sutoro: 1,000+ (June 2013) | 6,000+ | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 155 YPG and allies killed (14 executed), 13 captured | 387–423 killed | ||||||||
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287–400 Assyrian civilians kidnapped (24 released, 1 executed) at least 20,000 civilians displaced | |||||||||
The Eastern al-Hasakah offensive was launched in the Al-Hasakah Governorate during the Syrian Civil War, by the Kurdish-majority People's Protection Units, Assyrian militias, and allied Arab forces against the jihadist Islamic State (ISIL or ISIS), with the intent of retaking the areas of the Jazira Canton that had been captured by ISIL. Subsequently, the Syrian Armed Forces also launched an assault against the jihadists, without coordinating with the YPG. While the Kurdish forces and the Syrian Government managed to expel the Islamic State from the vast majority of the eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, including the towns of Tell Hamis and Tell Brak, ISIL launched a large-scale offensive in the western part of the province in response, abducting up to 400 Assyrian Christian hostages.