Battle of Tell Abyad (2016)

Battle of Tell Abyad
Part of the Syrian Civil War and the American-led intervention in Syria
Situation in Northern Syria (June 2015)
Date 27 February – 1 March 2016 (4 days) Location Tell Abyad, north of Raqqa Governorate, Syria Result SDF victory The SDF repels the assault
Belligerents
Syrian Democratic Forces Airstrikes: CJTF–OIR	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Khaled Daham al Bashir † (Dier Ezzor tribal leader) Laila Mustafa (Head of City Council)	Unknown
Units involved
Syrian Democratic Forces YPG YPJ Army of Revolutionaries Asayish & Kurdish militia	Military of ISIL "Caliphate Cubs" Tell Abyad sleeper cells
Strength
Unknown	400+
Casualties and losses
47+ killed(47 YPG/YPJ killed) 300 killed (ISIL claim)	120–291 killed
15–23 civilians killed

SDF victory

Syrian Democratic Forces

Syrian Democratic Forces

Military of ISIL

47+ killed(47 YPG/YPJ killed)

The Battle of Tel Abyad was a raid by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on the YPG-held town of Tell Abyad at the end of February 2016, during the Syrian Civil War.

In July 2015, Tel Abyad, previously held by IS, was captured by YPG militias linking together the Kurdish Kobanî and Jazira Canton. Since then the majority-Arab town has been absorbed into the Kobane Canton.

According to SOHR, a month before the battle's beginning a large number of ISIL sleeper agents disguised as civilians and SDF or YPG fighters entered Tell Abyad. Most of them were so-called "Caliphate Cubs" or ISIL units of child soldiers.

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