Western al-Bab offensive (October–November 2016)
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The western al-Bab offensive (October–November 2016) was a multi-sided military confrontation between the Syrian Army, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) (including some allied Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions), other (Turkey-backed) FSA factions, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the countryside of northwestern Aleppo Governorate, south of the towns of Mare' and Tel Rifaat.
Western al-Bab offensive (October–November 2016) | ||||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War, the Syrian Kurdish-Islamist conflict (2013-present), and the Turkish military intervention in Syria | ||||||||
Map of the wider Turkish-led operations and the wider campaigns in northern Aleppo | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Russia[12] | Islamic State |
Turkey Syrian National Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Ahmed Sultan[13] (Army of Revolutionaries deputy commander) Abu Steyf[14] (Jabhat al-Akrad commander) Maj. Khaled Najib[15] (Northern Democratic Brigade commander) Abu Rami al-Homsi † (Homs Commandos Brigade general commander)[16] | Unknown |
Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı[17] (Hamza Division commander) Abu Jinan †[10][22] (Levant Front commander) Fadel Lahmouni (WIA)[23] (Northern Storm Brigade commander) Muhammad al-Gabi (DOW)[24] (Liberation Army commander) Abdul Salam Abed[25] (Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander) Abu Mahmoud der Jamal[26] (First Regiment commander) | ||||||
Units involved | ||||||||
Syrian Democratic Forces
Syrian Armed Forces (since 29 October) | Unknown |
Ahrar al-Sham[31][32] | ||||||
Strength | ||||||||
Unknown | 3,000+ militants[33] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
60+ killed (per SOHR and SDF)[34] 172–212 killed (per Turkey)[35] | 37+ killed[36] | 85–90 SNA and 4 Turkish soldiers killed (per SOHR, Inside Source and Turkey)[*][37] | ||||||
4 civilians, 1 journalist killed[38][39] | ||||||||
* No confirmation of soldier deaths by Turkey.[40] |