Western al-Bab offensive (September 2016)
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The western al-Bab offensive (September 2016) was a military operation launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the countryside of northwestern Aleppo Governorate, south of the towns of Mare' and Tel Rifaat.
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Western al-Bab offensive (September 2016) | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War, the Syrian Kurdish-Islamist conflict (2013-present), and the American-led intervention in Syria | |||||||
Jabhat al-Akrad fighters near Herbel, two months before the offensive | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Islamic State | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ahmed Sultan Abu Arraj (Army of Revolutionaries deputy commander)[3] Abu Steyf (Jabhat al-Akrad commander)[4] Zaidoun Hedo (SDF official)[1] | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Syrian Democratic Forces
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Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 3,000+ militants[11] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
40 killed (SOHR and SDF claim)[12][13][14] One BMP-1 and one T-72 destroyed[15] 30 killed (ISIL claim)[15] | 58 killed, 7 vehicles destroyed (SDF claim)[1][16][17] |
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