Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)
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The 2013 battle of Tell Abyad was a military confrontation in the town of Tell Abyad between the Kurdish Front and the Democratic Union Party-affiliated People's Protection Units and Women's Protection Units against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Nusra Front (both al-Qaeda affiliates), and Ahrar al-Sham, resulting in a Kurdish defeat and the jihadist capture of the town.
For the later battles, see Tell Abyad offensive and Battle of Tell Abyad (2016).
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Part of the Rojava–Islamist conflict and the Rojava conflict and Syrian civil war | |||||||
Map of the Syrian civil war in November 2013 | |||||||
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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Haji Ahmed Kurdi[3] (Kurdish Front commander) | Khalaf Thiyab "Abu Musab" (POW)[4] (al-Nusra Front commander) | ||||||
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Unknown | 25–34 killed[2][4] |
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