Battle for Tabqa Air base
| Battle of Al-Tabqa airbase | |||||||
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| Part of the 2014 Eastern Syria offensive and the Syrian Civil War |
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 Al-Tabqa airbase
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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 Amer al-Rafdan(attack co-leader) |
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| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | Army Airmobile Forces 2 battalions from 93rd Armored Brigade 12th Attack Squadron 24th Helicopter Brigade |
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| Strength | |||||||
| ~2,800 | ~1,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 346 killed | 310–400 killed (250 executed) 10–20 captured One Su-22M3 shot down. |
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ISIL victory
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(leader of ISIL) Abu Omar al-Shishani
(chief planner and general supervisor of battle) "The Tajik emir"
(attack leader)
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