Battle of Raqqa (2017)

Battle of Raqqa (2017)

Part of the Raqqa campaign (2016–2017), the Syrian Civil War, the American-led intervention in Syria, and the Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present)

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Map of the SDF advances and control situations in Raqqa city, during the battle Syrian Democratic Forces control Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control

Date

6 June – 17 October 2017
(4 months, 1 week and 4 days)

Location

Raqqa, Raqqa Governorate, Syria

Status

Decisive SDF victory

The SDF completely encircles Raqqa on 24 June, and captures a military base by 8 June
The SDF captures the city on 17 October
80% of the city is destroyed

Belligerents

Syrian Democratic Forces
Self Defence Forces (HXP)
Leftist foreign volunteers
Sinjar Resistance Units
Êzîdxan Women's Units
CJTF–OIR

ISIL

Commanders and leaders

Rojda Felat
(SDF general command member and YPJ commander)

Clara Raqqa
(high-ranking YPJ commander)

Col. Talal Silo
(SDF general command spokesperson)

Adnan Abu Amjad †
(Manbij Military Council general commander)

Muhammad Mustafa Ali "Abu Adel"
(Manbij Military Council and Northern Sun Battalion commander)

Dilsuz Hashme
(Manbij Military Council senior commander)

Ibrahim Semho
(Euphrates Liberation Brigade commander)

Abu Imad
(Elite Forces commander)

Ahmad Sultan
(Army of Revolutionaries commander-in-chief)

Ali Çiçek
(Kurdish Front commander)

Abu Raad Bakary
(Tribal Forces commander)

Nubar Ozanyan †
(IFB and TKP/ML commander)

Abu Khattab al-Tunisi †
(ISIL high command member and commander of eastern Raqqa)

Abu Osama al-Tunisi †
(ISIL commander)

Abu Ubada al-Shami

(Caliphate Cubs commander and chief recruiter)

Abu Osama
(commander of ISIL holdouts by Oct. 2017)

Units involved

See anti-ISIL forces order of battle

See ISIL order of battle

Strength

30,000–40,000 total

10,000–15,000 in the city (SOHR estimate)

3,000–5,000

Casualties and losses

660 killed (per SOHR)
655 killed (per SDF)
1,000 killed (per ISIL)

1,371 killed (per SOHR)
1,246+ killed, 715 captured (per SDF)

1,333 civilians killed (per SOHR)
1,800+ civilians killed (per Airwars)
Tens of thousands of civilians displaced

Decisive SDF victory

Syrian Democratic Forces
Self Defence Forces (HXP)
Leftist foreign volunteers
Sinjar Resistance Units
Êzîdxan Women's Units
CJTF–OIR

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