Battle of Qamishli (April 2016)

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Battle of Qamishli (April 2016)
Part of the Rojava conflict and the Syrian Civil War
Asayish forces in Qamishli.png
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Top: Asayish forces during the clashes
Bottom: Strategic view of Qamishli, before the clashes occurred
Date20–22 April 2016
(2 days)
Location
Qamishli, al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Result

Ceasefire [1]

  • Kurdish forces capture the besieged Allaya Prison [2] [3]
Belligerents

De facto SA-NES Flag.svg Rojava

Flag of Syria.svg Syrian Arab Republic [6]

Commanders and leaders
De facto SA-NES Flag.svg Heval Redur [10]
(Asayish commander)		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
16 killed [11] 22–31 killed, [12] [1] 80–102 captured [12] [10]
17–23 civilians killed [12]

The Battle of Qamishli (April 2016) was a violent urban battle between the Asayish police of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the pro-Syrian government National Defence Forces in the city of Qamishli, Syria.

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The battle

On 20 April 2016, National Defence Forces militias attacked an Asayish patrol when Kurdish police failed to stop at a government checkpoint inside the Qamishli District. [13] According to Kurdish sources the NDF killed 2 Asayish members and 2 civilians with sniper fire. [4] Additional clashes then escalated between the two factions, with Asayish forces taking part in the fighting, killing 8 NDF members and arresting others.

The next day, the Asayish encircled government forces in the center of the city, taking over a bakery and the besieged Allaya Prison, with five Asayish fighters being killed. [14] [2] 45 NDF militiamen surrendered and several civilians were killed. [15] [3] During the battle Asayish forces removed a poster of Bashar al-Assad in captured areas. [2] In response, the Syrian Army shelled the prison and surrounding areas with mortars, killing 4 civilians in the nearby neighborhoods. On the same day, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed a car bomb attack that killed and wounded 15 Kurdish fighters in the city. [8] In the evening, the NDF and Sootoro reversed some of Asayish's gains and captured two checkpoints, a stadium, and a hospital in the city. [7] [16]

An indefinite ceasefire was declared on 22 April. According to the ceasefire agreement, each side will keep the territory under its control. The ceasefire gave the Kurds control of more territory in Northern Syria. [3] [1] [17]

Aftermath

Nearly two dozen of the captured pro-government fighters were subsequently released under the terms of the ceasefire on 25 April. [18]

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  6. ↑ "From the Frontlines of Assad's Strike on the Kurds". The Daily Beast. 22 April 2016.
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  10. 1 2 "Ceasefire reached between Kurds and Assad regime following heavy clashes in Qamislo".ARA News. 23 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "89 قضوا أمس بينهم 27 عنصراً من قوات النظام والمسلحين الموالين لها، و31 استشهدوا جراء قصف جوي وسقوط قذائف وطلقات نارية وانفجارات وتحت التعذيب وظروف أخرى | المرصد السورى لحقوق الإنسان". www.syriahr.com (in Arabic). 2 May 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 Kurdish forces to keep territory taken from Syrian govt forces under Qamishli truce
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