Tell Abyad offensive (2015)

Tell Abyad offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War, Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict, and the American-led intervention in Syria
Map of the Tell Abyad offensive
Date 31 May – 10 July 2015 (1 month, 1 week and 2 days) Location Northern Raqqa Governorate, Syria Result Major YPG-led victory Territorial changes YPG captures Tell Abyad,Suluk,Ayn Issa, 32+ villages, the Brigade 93 base and part of the M4 Highway in northern Raqqa YPG & FSA geographically connect the Kobani Canton with the Jazira Cantons.
Belligerents
Rojava Free Syrian Army Supported by: CJTF–OIR	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Sipan Hemo (YPG general commander) 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 YPG YPJ Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa Army of Revolutionaries Northern Sun Battalion Jaysh al-Salam Liberation Brigade	Military of ISIL Wilayat Raqqa Dokumacılar
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

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 Raqqa 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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