The 2016 Battle of Hasakah was fought between the paramilitary police of the Asayish and the People's Protection Units (YPG), against the pro-government National Defence Forces and the Syrian Arab Army, backed by the Syrian Arab Air Force, in the city of Hasakah, Syria. == Background == In 2014, a series of powerful offensives by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant brought much of Hasakah Governorate under the group's control.
The 2016 Battle of Hasakah was fought between the paramilitary police of the Asayish and the People's Protection Units (YPG), against the pro-government National Defence Forces and the Syrian Arab Army, backed by the Syrian Arab Air Force, in the city of Hasakah, Syria. == Background == In 2014, a series of powerful offensives by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant brought much of Hasakah Governorate under the group's control.
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