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The National Defense Forces (NDF) mutiny in the northeastern Syrian city of al-Hasakah ended on September 22 after the Syrian military and security forces managed to kill the leader of the mutineers, Abdel Qader Hamo.
Government forces launched an operation to neutralize the mutineers late on September 19. The next day, the force captured the headquarters of the NDF in the government-held part of al-Hasakah, commonly referred to as the “Security Square”.
Using his own children as human shields, Hamo escaped to his apartment building near the NDF headquarters where held up along with a few of his fighters.
A day later, Hamo agreed to let his children out following talks with government officials. Soon after, the last of his fighters surrendered to government forces.
Left alone, the leader of the short-lived mutiny took shelter in the basement of his building. Some sources said that he committed suicide by blowing up himself with an explosive belt as government forces were storming the building. Others, however, said that he was killed by a hand grenade after he refused a last offer to surrender.
Hamo, who led the NDF branch in al-Hasakah for several years, started a mutiny in mid-August after he was sacked by the government for his involvement in criminal activities and attacking local tribal leaders in al-Hasakah. Attempts to reach a peaceful resolution ended on September 14 when the mutineers attacked a bakery located near their headquarters and attempted to expand their control within the city’s Security Square.
Hamo’s mutiny marked the first time an entire pro-government formation disobeyed orders and went rogue since the outbreak of the war in Syria more than 12 years ago.
Despite making serious accusations against senior Syrian defense and intelligence officials, the mutineers didn’t change their political allegiance.
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