Northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016) | |||||||
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Part of the Turkish military intervention in Syria and the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
Map of the wider Turkish-led operations in northern Aleppo and the wider campaigns in Aleppo |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Turkey |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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) Ali Şeyh Salih (Sultan Murad Division field commander) Muhammad al-Gabi (Liberation Army commander) Mohammad Abu Ibrahim Mustafa Sejari (Al-Moutasem Brigade political leader) Abdel Karim Alyato † (13th Division commander) Mahmoud Abu Hamza(Descendants of Saladin Brigade 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) |
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Units involved | |||||||
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Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
500+ soldiers 1,500+ rebels 40 military advisors |
3,000+ militants | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8 rebels and 2 Turkish soldiers killed (per Turkey & SOHR) ~60 rebels and 2 Turkish soldiers killed, 1 Turkish tank destroyed (ISIL claim) |
45+ killed (per Turkey) |
Offensive aborted
Turkey
Syrian Opposition
Support:
Other Syrian rebels
Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement