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Battle of Hasakah (2022) 2022

Battle of Hasakah (2022): Al-Hasakah MS 21 Jan 2022
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Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Date20 January 2022 – 30 January 2022Wikidata
Year2022Wikidata P580 (start time)
EraPost-1945 (1946 onwards)derived from year
LocationSyriaNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentAsiaNatural Earth
War / conflictSyrian Civil WarWikidata P361
Coordinates36.4775, 40.7625Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle of Hasakah was a large-scale Islamic State attack and prison riot aimed at freeing arrested fighters of the Islamic State from al-Sina'a prison in the Ghuwayran (Geweran) area of Hasakah, Syria, which resulted in a SDF military victory and an ISIS prison break, with hundreds of prisoners, including important Emirs, being freed from captivity. The attack was the largest attack committed by the Islamic State since it lost its last key Syrian territory in 2019.

For over a week, IS and the Syrian Democratic Forces fought in Al Sina'a prison. 346 ISIS fighters were killed in the fighting, while the SDF took 154 fatalities while trying to regain control of the now-destroyed prison, with assistance of Coalition airstrikes. The SDF arrested over 1,100 prisoners (3,600, according to the SDF). A total of 400 prisoners were found missing in the fighting.

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Location

36.4775, 40.7625 · Syria

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