Battle of Sarrin (March–April 2015)

Battle of Sarrin (March–April 2015)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War,; Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present),; and the American-led intervention in Syria
Date	17 March – 27 April 2015; (1 month, 1 week and 3 days)
Location	Sarrin, Ayn al-Arab District, Syria36.5875°N 38.299722°E
Result	Indecisive An ISIL counterattack repels the initial YPG-led offensive on 28 March 2015; YPG-led forces enter Sarrin on 25 April 2015, but are stalled; YPG-led forces launch a new offensive on Sarrin in June 2015;
Belligerents
Syrian Kurdistan YPG; YPJ; Free Syrian Army Supported by:; CJTF–OIR; Peshmerga	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Salih Muslim Muhammad Barack Obama; Masoud Barzani	Abu Suleiman al-Naser (ISIL Military Chief); Abu Ali al-Anbari; (Deputy, Syria); Abu Omar al-Shishani; (Field commander)
Units involved
Euphrates Volcano YPG; YPJ; Dawn of Freedom Brigades; Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa; Al-Qassas Army; Jarabulus Brigade; Peshmerga 9th Bomb Squadron	ISIL Armed Forces Wilayat Halab;
Strength
Unknown	300–410+ fighters
Casualties and losses
Unknown	24+ militants killed
	Sarrin Location within Syria

The Battle of Sarrin (March–April 2015) refers to a military operation during 2015 in the northeastern Aleppo Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War, conducted by Kurdish YPG and allied forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the town of Sarrin, in an effort to capture the town and the surrounding region.

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