Battle of al-Yaarubiyah
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The Battle of al-Yaarubiyah was fought in late October 2013 at al-Yaarubiyah, a strategically important town at the border of Syria with Iraq. Affiliates of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), namely the YPG/YPJ and local Arab tribes, attacked the settlement in an attempt to capture it from Jihadist and Islamist groups, led by the Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. After four days of heavy fighting, the Islamists were defeated and expelled from al-Yaarubiyah.
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Battle of al-Yaarubiyah | |||||||||
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Part of the al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–13), the Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present) and the inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Al-Nusra Front
Ahrar al-Sham Tawhid and Punishment Battalions and Brigades[5] Kurdish Islamic Front Saladin al-Din Brigades[5] Azadî Battalions[5] | ||||||||
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Abdul Hafez al-Jaryan[6] [7] (Liwa al-Tawhid wal-Jihad commander) | ||||||||
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3 killed, many wounded (YPG claim)[2] |
6 killed (24 and 26 Oct., per SOHR)[8][9] Heavy (overall casualties per local reports)[10] 5 tanks captured[1] | ||||||||
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