| Battle of al-Bab |
| Part of the Turkish military intervention in Syria, Russian military intervention in Syria and the Syrian Civil War
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Map of the wider Turkish-led operations and the wider campaigns in northern Aleppo
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| Date |
6 November 2016 – present
(3 months, 1 week and 4 days) |
| Location |
Al-Bab District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
| Status |
Ongoing
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Turkish Armed Forces and allied Syrian rebels capture 37 villages, al-Bab grain silos, 2 neighborhoods south of al-Bab from ISIL and 4 villages from SDF
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SDF captures 17 villages, including Arima from ISIL
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Syrian Army captures the town of Arran, 47 villages and several hills from ISIL and sets fire control over their supply route.
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| Belligerents |
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 Turkey
 Free Syrian Army
Support:
 Russia (against ISIL only; since 29 Dec. 2016)
 United States (against ISIL only, since 17 Jan. 2017)
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 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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 Syrian Democratic Forces (until 27 November 2016)
 Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian National Resistance
Support:
Russia (against ISIL only)
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| Commanders and leaders |
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Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı
(Operations chief commander)
Lt. Gen. İsmail Metin Temel
(Second Army commander)
 Col. Ahmed Othman
(Sultan Murad Division commander)
Fehim İsa (Sultan Murad Division commander)
 Mahmoud Abu Hamza(Descendants of Saladin Brigade commander)
Capt. Yussuf Shibli(Qabasin Military Council commander)
 Capt. Abdel Salam Abdel Razaq(Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander)
 Capt. Mohammed Abu Mustafa
(Sham Legion commander)
Abu Jafer (Brigade of Conquest commander)
 Zakariya Wali (WIA)
(Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade military commander) |
Abu Khalid al-Urduni † (ISIL Governor of al-Bab)
Abu Husen Tunisi †
(ISIL emir)
Abu Ansari †
(ISIL emir)
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Adnan Abu Amjad(Manbij Military Council & Northern Sun Battalion commander)
 Anwar Khabat(Euphrates Liberation Brigade commander)
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| Units involved |
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Turkish Armed Forces
Hawar Kilis Operations Room
Other Syrian rebels:
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Military of ISIL
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Syrian Democratic Forces
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 Army of Revolutionaries
- Qebasin Martyrs Brigade
- Al-Bab Revolutionaries Front
- Kieba Martyrs Brigade
- Ahrar Arima Brigade
- Martyr Silo al-Rai Brigade
- Al-Bab Countryside Martyrs Brigade
- Euphrates Liberation Brigade
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 YPG
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 YPJ
- Shahba Forces
 Syrian Armed Forces
 Syrian National Resistance
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| Strength |
2,000–3,000 rebel fighters
1,300 soldiers,
40 tanks originally, 10 reinforcements
15+ APCs
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3,000–5,000 militants |
Unknown
10,000 soldiers |
| Casualties and losses |
|
104+ killed
56 killed |
1,348+ killed (Turkish and SAA claims)
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50 killed
11+ killed |
| 409 civilians killed |
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Russia (against ISIL only; since 29 Dec. 2016)
United States (against ISIL only, since 17 Jan. 2017)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Zakariya Wali (WIA)
Anwar Khabat(Euphrates Liberation Brigade commander)
1,300 soldiers,
10,000 soldiers
