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Tell Abyad offensive
May 2015 military operation of the Syrian Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. It was conducted by the Kurdish-majority People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA)[10] against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The offensive took place from the end of May until July 2015. The campaign was the second phase of the Kurdish Operation Commander Rûbar Qamishlo, which began with the Al-Hasakah offensive (May 2015), 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.
Tell Abyad offensive | |||||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War, Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict, and the American-led intervention in Syria | |||||||||
![]() Map of the Tell Abyad offensive | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
![]() (YPG general commander) ![]() (Top commander of Tell Abyad operations) ![]() (YPJ commander) ![]() (Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa commander) ![]() (Northern Sun Battalion commander) ![]() (Northern Sun Battalion deputy commander) ![]() (FSA commander) ![]() (Retribution Army commander) ![]() (CJTF–OIR commander) |
![]() (Deputy, Syria) ![]() (ISIL emir of Tell Abyad) ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
YPG & FSA: 4,000+[11] | 1,500+[23] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
46 killed[24] |
338–599 killed,[25][26] 50 missing[27] | ||||||||
9 civilians killed[5][6][28] |