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Rojava–Islamist conflict
Theater in the Syrian Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rojava–Islamist conflict, a major theater in the Syrian civil war, started after fighting erupted between the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Islamist rebel factions in the city of Ras al-Ayn. Kurdish forces launched a campaign in an attempt to take control of the Islamist-controlled areas in the governorate of al-Hasakah and some parts of Raqqa and Aleppo governorates after al-Qaeda in Syria used those areas to attack the YPG. The Kurdish groups and their allies' goal was also to capture Kurdish areas from the Arab Islamist rebels and strengthen the autonomy of the region of Rojava.[66] The Syrian Democratic Forces would go on to take substantial territory from Islamist groups, in particular the Islamic State (IS), provoking Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War.
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Rojava–Islamist conflict | ||||||||
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Part of the Rojava conflict of the Syrian civil war | ||||||||
![]() Territories held by the SDF (yellow), IS (black), the SAA (red), the Syrian National Army and Turkey (light green), Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (white), and the Revolutionary Commando Army (teal) as of November 2023 | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Units involved | ||||||||
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Strength | ||||||||
YPG: 65,000[48] | IS: Over 15,140[52][53][54] | al-Nusra Front: 5,000–6,000[55] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
11,000 fighters killed 21,000 fighters wounded[56] |
By YPG/SDF: 25,336 killed, 2,127 captured (YPG claim; 2013–2017 total)[57][58][59][60][61] By US-led airstrikes: 9,145+ killed (SOHR claim, minimum, as of March 2019)[62] | Unknown | ||||||
Dozens of Syrian and 4 Turkish[63][64] civilians killed and 100,000[65] Syrian Kurds fleeing to Turkey |