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Siege of Kobane

Siege of Kobanî
Part of the Syrian Civil War,
Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict,
and the American-led intervention in Syria
Siege of Kobani frontline progression, from October 2014 to January 2015.jpg
A map showing the progression of the Siege of Kobanî, from October 2014 to January 2015
Date 13 September 2014 – 15 March 2015
(6 months and 2 days)
Location Kobanî (Kurdish), also known as Ayn al-Arab (Arabic), Kobanî Canton, Syria
Result Decisive Rojava Federation victory
Territorial
changes
  • YPG-led forces recaptured Kobanî city in late January 2015, and almost all of the villages previously lost in the Kobanî region by mid-March 2015
  • 70% of Kobanî city was destroyed in the battle
Belligerents

Syrian Kurdistan
PKK
 Iraqi Kurdistan (from 30.10)
Syria Free Syrian Army


Airstrikes:
CJTF-OIR

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders

Rojava Salih Muslim Muhammad
People's Protection Units Flag.svg Mayssa Abdo
(nom de guerre:
Nalin Afrin)

People's Protection Units Flag.svg Mahmud Berxwedan
People's Protection Units Flag.svg Ismet Sheikh Hassan
YPJ Flag.svg Meryem Kobani
YPJ Flag.svg Hebun Sinya  
Syria Abu Juma Abannawi
(from 18 November 2014)
Syria Abu Laith
(until 18 November 2014)
Syria Abu Layla
Murat Karayılan


Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani
United States Barack Obama
Abu Ayman al-Iraqi  (Head of Military Shura)
Abu Suleiman al-Naser (Replacement Military Chief)
Abu Ali al-Anbari
(Deputy, Syria)
Abu Omar al-Shishani
(Field commander in Syria)
Abu Ali al-Askari  (ISIL senior commander)
Abu Mohammed al-Masri  (ISIL senior commander)
Emrah Ismail (WIA) (ISIL senior commander)
Abu Khattab Al Kurdi 
(Commander)
Sheikh Othman al-Nazeh 
Sultan al-Safri al-Harbi 
Units involved

Euphrates Volcano

Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga
PKK

MLKP Banner.svg MLKP volunteers
People's Liberation Faction


9th Bomb Squadron Patch.jpg 9th Bomb Squadron

Military of ISIL

Strength

1,500–2,000 YPG & YPJ (Kurdish claims as of 1 November 2014)
600 PKK
300 FSA (originally)

50–200 FSA (reinforcements)
9,000+ fighters (Kurdish claims)
30–50 MBTs
2 UAVs
Casualties and losses
YPG & YPJ:
562–741 killed
(3 MLKP)
FSA and Jabhat al-Akrad:
29–72 killed
Peshmerga:
1 killed (accident)
1,443–2,000 killed (per SOHR)
2,000+ killed (per U.S.)
1,068–5,000 killed, 18 tanks destroyed, and 2 drones shot down (per Kurds)
39–56 civilians killed
Over 400,000 civilians fled to Turkey
* Additional hundreds of deaths by airstrikes
** 1,000+ by US-led Coalition airstrikes

Syrian Kurdistan
PKK
 Iraqi Kurdistan (from 30.10)
Syria Free Syrian Army

Airstrikes:
CJTF-OIR


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