Battle of Qamishli (2016)

Battle of Qamishli (2016)
	Part of the Rojava conflict and the Syrian Civil War
	; ; Top: Asayish forces during the clashes; Bottom: Strategic view of Qamishli, before the clashes occurred
Date	20–22 April 2016; (2 days)
Location	Qamishli, al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria37°3′0″N 41°13′0″E / 37.05000°N 41.21667°E
Result	Ceasefire Kurdish forces capture the besieged Allaya Prison;
Belligerents
Democratic Federation of Northern Syria Asayish Special Security Forces (HAT); ; YPG; Self Defence Force (HPC);	Syrian Arab Republic National Defense Forces; Sootoro; Syrian Armed Forces (limited support);
Commanders and leaders
Heval Redur; (Asayish commander)	Unknown
Casualties and losses
16 killed	22–31 killed, 80–102 captured
	17–23 civilians killed
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Syria Battle of Qamishli (2016) (Turkey)

The 2016 Battle of Qamishli 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.

^ ^a ^b "Clashes erupt between Syrian regime and Kurdish forces in Qamishli". ARA News. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ "Ceasefire declared in Qamishlo". Firat News Agency. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ "From the Frontlines of Assad's Strike on the Kurds". The Daily Beast. 22 April 2016.
^ "Government, Assyrian forces capture more territory from Kurdish troops in Qamishli". Al-Masdar News. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ "Syrian regime forces bomb Kurdish city of Qamishli amid raging clashes". ARA News. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ "50 NDF soldiers surrender to Kurds in Qamishli as clashes enter day three". Al-Masdar News. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference truce was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference direct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference vice was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Ceasefire reached between Kurds and Assad regime following heavy clashes in Qamislo" Archived 17 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine.ARA News. 23 April 2016.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kurdish forces to keep areas taken from Syrian government forces truce". Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[HAT-1] "Clashes erupt between Syrian regime and Kurdish forces in Qamishli". ARA News. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

[asayish-statement-2] "Ceasefire declared in Qamishlo". Firat News Agency. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[frontlines-3] "From the Frontlines of Assad's Strike on the Kurds". The Daily Beast. 22 April 2016.

[Aramean-4] "Government, Assyrian forces capture more territory from Kurdish troops in Qamishli". Al-Masdar News. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

[heavy-5] "Syrian regime forces bomb Kurdish city of Qamishli amid raging clashes". ARA News. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

[6] "50 NDF soldiers surrender to Kurds in Qamishli as clashes enter day three". Al-Masdar News. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

[truce-7] Cite error: The named reference truce was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[direct-8] Cite error: The named reference direct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[vice-9] Cite error: The named reference vice was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[reached-10] "Ceasefire reached between Kurds and Assad regime following heavy clashes in Qamislo" Archived 17 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine.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. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.

[reuters1-12] "Kurdish forces to keep areas taken from Syrian government forces truce". Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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