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[1] SDF forces capture Al-Hawl,[2] 240+ towns and villages,[3] 2 oil fields,[4][5] two gas stations, the Regiment 121 base,[6] the South Hasakah Dam,[7][8] six border posts,[9] and one hill[10][11][4][12] SDF forces capture 1,400 square kilometres (870 square miles) of territory[13]
Belligerents
Syrian Democratic Forces International Freedom Battalion Sinjar Resistance Units Airstrikes: CJTF–OIR	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Torhildan[14] (YPJ commander) Haqi Kobani[15] (YPG commander) Alwan al-Shammari[14] (Al-Sanadid Forces commander) Adnan al-Ahmad[14] (Northern Sun Battalion commander-in-chief) Adnan Abu Amjad[15] (Northern Sun Battalion second-in-command)[16] Col. Talal Ali Sulo[17] (Seljuq Brigade leader) Khalil Iskander[18] (al-Qa'qa Brigade commander) Qehreman[14] (Al-Tahrir Brigade commander-in-chief) Hêvî Sarya[19] (MLKP commander)	Abu Ali al-Anbari (Deputy, Syria) Adam al-Chechani (Top ISIL commander in Al-Hasakah Province)[20] Unknown Dagestani ISIL leader †[21]
Units involved
Syrian Democratic Forces YPG YPJ Al-Sanadid Forces[14] Jaysh al-Thuwar[17] Northern Sun Battalion[14] Kurdish Front Brigade[17] Seljuq Brigade[17] al-Qa'qa' Brigade[18] Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa[22] MFS[14] HSNB Al-Tahrir Brigade[14] Brigade Groups of Al-Jazira[14] International Freedom Battalion MLKP[23] Martyr Serkan Battalion[19] Devrimci Karargâh[24] United Freedom Forces[25] MLSPB-DC[25] TKP/ML TİKKO[25]	Military of ISIL al-Barakah Province
Strength
2,700+ fighters[26][27]	1,000+ fighters[26]
Casualties and losses
33 killed[28]	493+ killed (per the SDF)[28]
4–8 civilians killed by CJTF–OIR airstrikes[28][29]

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.^[5]