Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013-present)
2013 Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict |
Part of the Rojava conflict of the Syrian Civil War, and Operation Inherent Resolve
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Territories held by the SDF, ISIL, the Syrian Army, the Syrian opposition, or contested in Syria, as of November 2, 2016 |
Date |
16 July 2013 – present
(3 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 1 day) |
Location |
Northern Syria |
Result |
Ongoing
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Belligerents |
Syrian Democratic Forces And allied groups'
CJTF-OIR (airstrikes and arms) (from 2014)
Iraqi Kurdistan
Russia (airstrikes, arms and ground troops)
Syria (arms, until 2016) |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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al-Nusra Front
Ahrar ash-Sham
Free Syrian Army factions
Fatah Halab (until 2016)
- Supported by
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Commanders and leaders |
Salih Muslim Muhammad (PYD leader)
Sipan Hemo (YPG general commander)
Cemşîd Osman (YPG commander of Ras al-Ayn)
Nujin Derik (YPG commander of Aleppo)
Roshna Akeed (YPG Ras al-Ayn commander)
 Hajji Ahmed Kurdi (Jabhat al-Akrad general commander)
 Abu Layla (DOW) (Jabhat al-Akrad and Northern Sun Battalion commander)
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (self-declared caliph)
Abu Ayman al-Iraqi † (head of military council)
Abu Suleiman † (replacement military chief)
Abu Omar al-Shishani † (field commander in Syria)
Abu Ali al-Anbari † (deputy, Syria)
Abu Musab (ISIL emir of Tell Abyad)
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Unknown |
Units involved |
Syrian Democratic Forces
- Foreign volunteers
- Anarchists and antifacists units
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Devrimci Anarşist Faaliyet (DAF)
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Another anarchists and anarcha-feminists volunteers
- Arab tribesmen
- Security forces
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ISIL Military |
Unknown |
Strength |
YPG: 65,000 Jabhat al-Akrad: 7,000
Kurdistan Workers' Party: 600 |
ISIL: Over 15,140 |
al-Nusra Front: 5,000–6,000 |
Casualties and losses |
2,209 fighters killed (YPG claim; 2013–2016 total) |
13,687 killed, 598 captured (YPG claim; 2013–2015 total) |
Dozens of Syrian and 4 Turkish civilians killed and 100,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing to Turkey |
Ongoing
Syrian Democratic Forces
And allied groups'
CJTF-OIR (airstrikes and arms) (from 2014)
Iraqi Kurdistan
Russia (airstrikes, arms and ground troops)
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