Battle of Tabqa
The Battle of Tabqa was a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) military operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to capture and secure the Tabqa Dam, al-Thawrah (al-Tabqah), Tabqa Airbase, and the surrounding countryside during the 2016–2017 Raqqa campaign of the larger Rojava-Islamist conflict of the Syrian civil war. The SDF assault began on 22 March 2017, and resulted in the capture of Tabqa and the Tabqa Dam on 10 May 2017. The SDF was supported by the United States-led CJTF–OIR coalition during the battle.
| Battle of Tabqa | |||||||||
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| Part of the American-led intervention in Syria, the International military intervention against ISIL, the Raqqa campaign (2016–17), the Syrian Civil War, and the Rojava–Islamist conflict | |||||||||
Map of the operation to capture the Tabqa region | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Syrian Democratic Forces
| Islamic State | ||||||||
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Rojda Felat Qandil Manbij Unidentified YPJ commander † |
Unidentified high-ranking ISIL commander (WIA) (POW) Abu Umar al-Almani † Abu Zubeyir † | ||||||||
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Syrian Democratic Forces
International Freedom Battalion
United States Armed Forces
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Military of ISIL
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SDF: 1,000–3,000 fighters US: 500 Special Forces | 1,300–2,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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100 killed (U.S. claim), 66+ killed (various claims), 300+ wounded 370 killed and wounded (ISIL claim) | 133–340 killed (SDF claim) | ||||||||
| 7,000+ civilians displaced | |||||||||
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