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Tell Abyad offensive

Tell Abyad offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War,
Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict,
and the American-led intervention in Syria
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Map of the Tell Abyad offensive
Date 31 May – 10 July 2015
(1 month, 1 week and 2 days)
Location Northern Ar-Raqqah Governorate, Syria
Result Major YPG-led victory
Territorial
changes
Belligerents
 Rojava
Free Syrian Army
Supported by:
CJTF–OIR
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
People's Protection Units Flag.svg Sipan Hemo
(YPG general commander)
YPJ Flag.svg Binhari Kendal
(Top commander of Tell Abyad operations)
Abu al-Qasim
(Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa commander)
Abu Layla
(Northern Sun Battalion commander)
Abu Mohammed
(FSA commander)
Lt. Gen. James L. Terry
(CJTF–OIR commander)
Abu Ali al-Anbari
(Deputy, Syria)
Abu Musab
(ISIL emir of Tell Abyad)
Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary
Unknown Dokumacılar commander  
Units involved

Euphrates Volcano

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Military of ISIL

Strength
YPG & FSA: 4,000+ 1,500+
Casualties and losses
46 killed 338–599 killed,
50 missing

9 civilians killed
23,000+ civilians displaced

(including 13,000 Arabs and Turkmen)

Euphrates Volcano

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Military of ISIL

9 civilians killed
23,000+ civilians displaced

The Tell Abyad offensive or Martyr Rubar Qamışlo operation was a military operation that began in late May 2015 in the northern Ar-Raqqah Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War, conducted by Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The offensive took place from the end of May until July 2015. The campaign was largely the second phase of the Kurdish Operation Commander Rûbar Qamishlo, which began with a major offensive to retake the western Al-Hasakah Governorate, and involved the merger of the Kobanî offensive with the former. The focus of the campaign was to capture the key border town of Tell Abyad, and to link the Kobanî and Jazira Cantons in Northern Syria.

During May 2015, YPG and allied forces recaptured 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi) of land in the western Al-Hasakah Governorate in a large-scale offensive, expelling ISIL forces from the region. YPG and allied forces captured Mabrukah, the Tell Tamer countryside, and wide parts of Ras al-Ayn countryside.


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