Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)

For the later battles, see Tell Abyad offensive and Battle of Tell Abyad (2016).
Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)
Part of the Rojava–Islamist conflict
Date19–30 July 2013 (1 week and 4 days)
Location
Tell Abyad, Tell Abyad District, Raqqa Governorate, Syria
Result

ISIL/Nusra/Ahrar al-Sham victory

  • Kurdish forces driven out of Tell Abyad
  • Thousands of civilians displaced
Belligerents

Kurdish Front

  • Sheikh Ayoub Battalion

Democratic Union Party

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Al-Nusra Front
Ahrar al-Sham

  • Al-Sakhana Brigades
Commanders and leaders
Haji Ahmed Kurdi (Kurdish Front commander) Khalaf Thiyab "Abu Musab" (POW) (al-Nusra Front commander)
Casualties and losses
Unknown 25–34 killed

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.

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