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Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–2014)
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The al-Hasakah Governorate campaign was a multi-sided military conflict between Syrian government forces, Kurdish forces, armed Syrian opposition groups, and Salafist jihadist forces, including al-Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Nusra Front in the al-Hasakah Governorate as part of the Syrian Civil War. The clashes began with the People's Protection Units (YPG)'s entrance into the civil war in July 2012 and spread across the governorate.
Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–2013) | ||||||||
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Part of the 2012–2013 escalation of the Syrian Civil War, the Rojava conflict, and the Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present) | ||||||||
![]() Location of the Hasakah Governorate | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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![]() (YPG general commander) ![]() (YPJ Rukan Battalion commander) ![]() (YPG commander) ![]() (Martyr Erdal Brigade commander) ![]() (Free Men of the Homeland commander) ![]() (Army of Dignity leader) | ||||||
Units involved | ||||||||
See order of battle | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
At least 334 killed overall |