Al-Hasakah Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز الحسكة) is a
subdistrict of
al-Hasakah District
Al-Hasakah District ( ar, منطقة الحسكة, manṭiqat al-Ḥasaka) is a district of al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre for the district is the city of al-Hasakah
Al-Hasakah ( ar, ٱلْحَسَكَة ...
in central
al-Hasakah Governorate
Al-Hasakah Governorate ( ar, محافظة الحسكة, Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḥasakah, ku, Parêzgeha Hesekê}, syc, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܚܣܟܗ, Huparkiyo d'Ḥasake, also known as syc, ܓܙܪܬܐ, Gozarto) is one of the fourteen governorates (pro ...
, northeastern
Syria. The
administrative centre is the city of
al-Hasakah. It has a mixed population of
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...
,
Assyrians, and
Arabs
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
. Most of the subdistrict is part of the
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, apart from an
enclave of Hasakah city, which has remained under the control of the
Syrian government since the beginning of the
Syrian civil war.
At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 251,570.
Cities, towns and villages
Civil war
Following the
Battle of Shaddadi in February 2013, in which the city of
Al-Shaddadah
Al-Shaddadah or al-Shaddadi ( ar, ٱلشَّدَّادَة \ ٱلشَّدَّادِي, aš-Šaddādah / aš-Šaddādī) is a town in southern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. The town is the administrative center of the al-Shaddadah Su ...
came under the control of
al-Nusra Front, the southern parts of Al-Hasakah Subdistrict also fell to Nusra. The
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...
(ISIL) took over from al-Nusra Front in the area, and pushed northwards up to the boundary of
Hasakah
Al-Hasakah ( ar, ٱلْحَسَكَة, al-Ḥasaka; ku, Heseke/حەسەکە; syr, ܚܣܝܟܐ Hasake), is the capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, in the northeastern corner of Syria. With a 2004 census population of 188,160, it is the e ...
city, culminating in the
2015 Battle of al-Hasakah.
ISIL were finally driven from the district in the
Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016)
The al-Shaddadi offensive (2016), also known as ''Operation Wrath of Khabur'', was an offensive launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during the Syrian Civil War, in February 2016. The main goal of this offensive was to capture the s ...
.
Kawkab military base
Surrounding Mount Kawkab ( ar, تلة كوكب, at 36.536251°N, 40.858276°E) is the largest military base of the governorate, which has remained in the hands of the
Syrian Army throughout the war. ISIS attacked the base without success in July 2014 and October 2015.
References
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Al-Hasakah District
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