Battle of Markada

Battle of Markada
	Part of inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
Date	21–31 March 2014; (1 week and 3 days)
Location	Markada, Syria
Result	ISIL victory ISIL captures Markada on 29 March;
Belligerents
al Nusra Front	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Barakah Province; Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi
Commanders and leaders
Abu Mohammad al-Julani; (Leader of the Al-Nusra Front)	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; (Leader of ISIL); Omar al-Farouk al-Turki †; (Top provincial ISIL commander)
Casualties and losses
	120 killed

The Battle of Markada (also spelled "Markadah" or "Markadahin") was a military confrontation between two jihadist groups, al Qaeda's al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), over the town of Markada in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, in March 2014 during the Syrian civil war. The strategic importance of the town to the ISIL lay in its position on the group's weapons supply route from Iraq, the road linking Al-Hasakah with Deir ez-Zor and a hill that dominates the surrounding area. On the ISIL side there were many Sunni Iranians, including Kurds, who played an important role in the battle.

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