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Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)

Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)
Part of the Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present) and
the inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
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Map of the Syrian Civil War as of November 2013
Date 19–30 July 2013
(1 week and 4 days)
Location Tell Abyad, Tell Abyad District, Raqqa Governorate, Syria
Result

Nusra/Ahrar Al-Sham/ISIL victory

  • Kurdish forces driven out of Tell Abyad
  • Thousands of civilians displaced
Belligerents

Syrian oppositionRojava Kurdish Front

  • Circo Ayoub Battalion

Rojava Democratic Union Party

Al-Nusra Front
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Ahrar al-Sham

  • Al-Sakhana Brigades
Commanders and leaders
Syrian oppositionRojava Haji Ahmed Kurdi (Kurdish Front commander) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Khalaf Thiyab "Abu Musab" (POW) (al-Nusra Front commander)
Casualties and losses
Unknown 25–34 killed

Nusra/Ahrar Al-Sham/ISIL victory

Syrian oppositionRojava Kurdish Front

Rojava Democratic Union Party

Al-Nusra Front
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Ahrar al-Sham


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