Battle of Tell Abyad (2016)

Battle of Tell Abyad
	Part of the Syrian Civil War and; the American-led intervention in Syria
	; Situation in Northern Syria (June 2015)
Date	27 February – 1 March 2016; (3 days) (First phase); 3–8 March 2016; (5 days) (Second phase)
Location	Tell Abyad, north of Raqqa Governorate, Syria
Result	SDF victory The SDF repels the assault;
Belligerents
Syrian Democratic Forces; Airstrikes:; CJTF–OIR	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Khaled Daham al Bashir †; (Deir Ezzor tribal leader); Laila Mustafa; (Head of City Council)	Unknown
Units involved
Syrian Democratic Forces YPG; YPJ; Army of Revolutionaries; Asayish & Kurdish militia	Military of ISIL "Caliphate Cubs" Tell Abyad sleeper cells; ;
Strength
Unknown	400+
Casualties and losses
47+ killed (47 YPG/YPJ killed); 300 killed (ISIL claim)	120–291 killed
	15–23 civilians killed

The Battle of Tel Abyad was a raid by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on the YPG-held town of Tell Abyad at the end of February 2016, during the Syrian Civil War.

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