Battle of al-Yaarubiyah
| 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 | |||||||||
Map of the battle | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
Non-combat support:
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Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham Kurdish Islamic Front Salah al-Din Brigade Ansar al-Khilafa Tawhid and Punishment Battalions and Brigades Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Unknown |
Abdul Hafez al-Jaryan (Liwa al-Tawhid wal-Jihad commander) | ||||||||
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 3 killed, many wounded (YPG claim) |
6 killed (24 and 26 Oct., per SOHR) Heavy (overall casualties per local reports) 5 tanks captured | ||||||||
Location within Syria | |||||||||
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.