2015 al-Hawl offensive

Al-Hawl offensive (2015)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War and the American-led intervention in Syria
	; Map of the territorial changes during the concurrent offensives in Al-Hawl and Sinjar.
Date	31 October – 30 November 2015; (4 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Eastern Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Result	Major SDF victory SDF forces capture Al-Hawl, 240+ towns and villages, 2 oil fields, two gas stations, the Regiment 121 base, the South Hasakah Dam, six border posts, and one hill; SDF forces capture 1,400 square kilometres (870 square miles) of territory;
Belligerents
Syrian Democratic Forces; International Freedom Battalion; Sinjar Resistance Units; Airstrikes:; CJTF–OIR	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Torhildan; (YPJ commander); Haqi Kobani; (YPG commander); Alwan al-Shammari; (Al-Sanadid Forces commander); Adnan al-Ahmad; (Northern Sun Battalion commander-in-chief); Adnan Abu Amjad; (Northern Sun Battalion second-in-command); Col. Talal Ali Sulo; (Seljuq Brigade leader); Khalil Iskander; (al-Qa'qa Brigade commander); Qehreman; (Al-Tahrir Brigade commander-in-chief); Hêvî Sarya; (MLKP commander)	Abu Ali al-Anbari; (Deputy, Syria); Adam al-Chechani; (Top ISIL commander in Al-Hasakah Province); Unknown Dagestani ISIL leader †
Units involved
Syrian Democratic Forces YPG; YPJ; Al-Sanadid Forces; Jaysh al-Thuwar Northern Sun Battalion; Kurdish Front Brigade; Seljuq Brigade; al-Qa'qa' Brigade; ; Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa; MFS HSNB; ; Al-Tahrir Brigade; Brigade Groups of Al-Jazira; International Freedom Battalion MLKP Martyr Serkan Battalion; ; Devrimci Karargâh; United Freedom Forces MLSPB-DC; ; TKP/ML TİKKO;	Military of ISIL al-Barakah Province;
Strength
2,700+ fighters	1,000+ fighters
Casualties and losses
33 killed	493+ killed (per the SDF)
	4–8 civilians killed by CJTF–OIR airstrikes

The 2015 al-Hawl offensive was an offensive launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during the Syrian Civil War, in order to capture the strategic town of al-Hawl and the surrounding countryside from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The offensive consisted of separate operations in three different areas: Tell Brak, al-Hawl, and the southern al-Hasakah city countryside.

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