Siege of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah

Siege of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah
	Part of the Rojava conflict and the Syrian Civil War
Date	10 January – 2 February 2021; (3 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Qamishli and Al-Hasakah, Syria
Result	Kurdish Asayish victory Siege lifted;
Belligerents
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria	Syrian Arab Republic
Units involved
Asayish police; YPG	Syrian police; National Defense Force; Syrian Arab Army
Casualties and losses
None	2 killed; 7 wounded; 3 captured
	6 civilians wounded

The siege of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah was a siege laid upon Baathist Syrian government-controlled areas of the towns of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah by the Asayish forces of the AANES. The siege was allegedly enacted in response to the restrictions of exclusively SDF-controlled areas of the Shahba region and the restriction of movement and supplies to the YPG-controlled neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in Aleppo by the Syrian government.^[5]

The siege was mainly centered in the "Hasakah Security Box," and the neighborhoods of Halko and al-Tayy in Qamishli,^[6] preventing the entry of forces loyal to the Syrian government as well as supplies and fuel to the areas.^[7] The siege began on 10 January 2021 after the two sides failed to reach an agreement regarding a wide range of issues, including release of AANES prisoners.^[8]^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c "For 22th day in a row, "Asayish" continues sieging regime in al-Hasakeh city, and tightening its siege on regime in al-Qamishli". SOHR. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "توتر جديد بين "قسد" والنظام في القامشلي.. روسيا تتدخل". عنب بلدي (in Arabic). 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
^ "المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان: إشتباكات بين قوات النظام ووحدات الأسايش الكردية في القامشلي". SOHR. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ ""الأسايش" تعتقل عناصر و 3 ضباط برتبة عالية من قوات النظام في ريف الحسكة.. وقوات النظام تستنفر في مدينة القامشلي". SOHR. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ al-Khateb, Khaled (2021-01-27). "Russia uses regime-SDF tensions to expand presence in northeast Syria". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
^ "بين خصمين.. أهالي حيي حلكو وطي في القامشلي تحت الحصار". عنب بلدي (in Arabic). 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
^ ^a ^b "لفك الحصار وإدخال المواد الغذائية إلى الأحياء السكنية.. مئات المواطنين يتظاهرون في مدينة الحسكة وسط تزايد الاستياء الشعبي في المنطقة". SOHR. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ al-Khatab, Khaled (27 January 2021). "Russia uses regime-SDF tensions to expand presence in northeast Syria". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[SOHR-1] "For 22th day in a row, "Asayish" continues sieging regime in al-Hasakeh city, and tightening its siege on regime in al-Qamishli". SOHR. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[Enab-2] "توتر جديد بين "قسد" والنظام في القامشلي.. روسيا تتدخل". عنب بلدي (in Arabic). 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

[ref2-3] "المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان: إشتباكات بين قوات النظام ووحدات الأسايش الكردية في القامشلي". SOHR. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[ref3-4] ""الأسايش" تعتقل عناصر و 3 ضباط برتبة عالية من قوات النظام في ريف الحسكة.. وقوات النظام تستنفر في مدينة القامشلي". SOHR. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[5] -Khateb, Khaled (2021-01-27). "Russia uses regime-SDF tensions to expand presence in northeast Syria". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

[6] "بين خصمين.. أهالي حيي حلكو وطي في القامشلي تحت الحصار". عنب بلدي (in Arabic). 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

[ref1-7] "لفك الحصار وإدخال المواد الغذائية إلى الأحياء السكنية.. مئات المواطنين يتظاهرون في مدينة الحسكة وسط تزايد الاستياء الشعبي في المنطقة". SOHR. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[8] -Khatab, Khaled (27 January 2021). "Russia uses regime-SDF tensions to expand presence in northeast Syria". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

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