Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–13)
| Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–13) |
| Part of the 2012–13 escalation of the Syrian Civil War, the Rojava conflict, and the Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present)
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| Date |
20 July 2012–31 December 2013
(1 year, 5 months and 1 week) |
| Location |
Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria |
| Result |
Indecisive; YPG and ISIL gains
- YPG captured all Kurdish-majority towns in the governorate with the exceptions of Qamishli and Hasaka, captured 40% of Qamishli, and took control of al-Yaarubiyah and its border crossing
- ISIL, al-Nusra, and other Salafist jihadists take control over the majority of the southern Hasaka countryside
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| Belligerents |
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  Kurdish Supreme Committee
 Syriac Union Party
 Army of Dignity
 Kurdistan Workers' Party
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 Syrian Arab Republic
 Sootoro
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 Al-Qaeda
Ghuraba al-Sham
 Ahrar al-Sham
 Free Syrian Army
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| Commanders and leaders |
Sîpan Hemo
(YPG general commander)
Axin Nujin
(YPJ Rukan Battalion commander)
Juan Ibrahim
(YPG commander)
 "Dijwar"
(Martyr Erdal Brigade commander)
Hawas al-Akub
(Free Men of the Homeland commander)
Humaydi Daham al-Hadi
(Army of Dignity leader) |
Yusuf al-Abdullah
(Abu Jabal Brigade commander)
Hawas Jammo
(Free Patriots Brigade commander)
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 Fahd al-Gaad
(al-Nusra commander)
Capt. Yusuf Yahya
(SRGC 313th Brigade commander)
Col. Hassan al-Abdullah
(FSA military council commander)
Nawaf Ragheb al-Bashir
(FAEL commander) Osama Hilali
(Mashaal Tammo Brigade commander)
Lt. Col. Abdul Majid Sultan
Lt. Col. Mustafa Ibrahim
(FSA commander) |
| Units involved |
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  People's Protection Units
- Martyr Erdal Brigade
- Free Men of the Homeland
 Women's Protection Units
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 National Defence Forces
- Ta’ie tribal militia
- Abu Jabal Brigade
- Free Patriots Brigade
 Syrian Army
 Syrian Air Force
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 Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades
Syrian Revolution General Commission
Free Syrian Army
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a A number of FSA groups in ceasefire with YPG since February 2013, others continued fighting the YPG.
b Kurdish FSA group which fought alongside al-Nusra against the YPG.
c Unlike most other FSA commanders listed above, Lt. Col. Mustafa Ibrahim had "good ties to a number of Kurdish militia units" in Hasaka and has fought alongside these units against al-Nusra. |
Indecisive; YPG and ISIL gains
Kurdish Supreme Committee
Syriac Union Party
Army of Dignity
Syrian Arab Republic
Al-Qaeda
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Wikipedia
Kurdistan Workers' Party
Sootoro
Free Syrian Army
Sîpan Hemo
"Dijwar"
Humaydi Daham al-Hadi
Hawas Jammo
Syrian Air Force
