On Sunday, 11-January-2016, clashes broke out in al-Wusta Quarter of Qamishli, between fighters from the Sootoro Units and the Kurdish Assayish Units, which belong to the proclaimed Self-Administration. Al-Wusta residents are predominantly Assyrian and Christian. The attacks led to the martyrdom of one of the Sootoro members and a civilian, and some of the fighters on both sides were injured and rushed to the hospital.