Battle of Raqqa

Battle of Ar-Raqqah
Part of the Syrian civil war
Course of the battle, and control in Ar-Raqqah as of October 2013      Syrian Army control      Opposition control
Date 3–6 March 2013 (3 days) Location Ar-Raqqah, Syria Result Rebel victory In March 2013 rebels seize Ar-Raqqah Rebels capture two senior government officials in the city 17th Division withdraws to military base north of city
Belligerents
Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq Ahrar ash-Sham Free Syrian Army	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Army Syrian Air Force Local police
Commanders and leaders
Unknown top provincial Al-Nusra commander † Unknown top provincial Ahrar al-Sham commander †	Brig. Gen. Khaled al-Halabi (Ar-Raqqah's state security head) Maj. Gen. Hassan Jalili  (POW) (Provincial governor) Suleiman Suleiman  (POW) (Provincial Baath party's secretary general)
Units involved
Muntasir Billah Brigade Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa	17th Division
Strength
~7,000	400 soldiers
Casualties and losses
40–50 killed	30 killed 300 captured
More than 100 killed from March 4-5 (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimate) 39 killed in air raids on March 6

     Syrian Army control

Rebel victory

Al-Nusra Front
Islamic State of Iraq
Ahrar ash-Sham

Syrian Arab Republic

The Battle of Raqqa was a battle for control of the northern Syrian city of Ar-Raqqah during the Syrian Civil War between rebel insurgents and the Syrian Army. Rebel forces launched the offensive in early March 2013, and declared themselves in "near-total control" on 5 March 2013, making it the first provincial capital claimed to come under rebel control in the civil war. The battle, on the opposition side, was primarily led by the Islamist jihadist group Al-Nusra Front.

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