2016 Dabiq offensive | |||||||
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Part of Operation Euphrates Shield and the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
Map of the wider Turkish-led operations in northern Aleppo and the wider campaigns in Aleppo | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Turkey |
Islamic State
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı[2] (Operations chief commander) Lt. Gen. İsmail Metin Temel[3][4] (Second Army commander) Col. Ahmed Othman[5] (Sultan Murad Division commander) Fehim İsa[6] (Sultan Murad Division commander) Ali Şeyh Salih[7] (DOW)[8] (Sultan Murad Division field commander) Muhammad al-Gabi[9] (Liberation Army commander) Mohammad Abu Ibrahim[10] Mustafa Sejari[10] (Al-Moutasem Brigade political leader) Mahmoud Abu Hamza[11] (Descendants of Saladin Brigade commander) Capt. Abdel Salam Abdel Razaq[11] (Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander) Capt. Mohammed Abu Mustafa[9] (Sham Legion commander) Abu Jafer[12] (Brigade of Conquest commander) | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Liberation Army[21] | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,000 SNA[25] 500 soldiers[26] 40 military advisors[26] | 800+ militants[27][28] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
89+ SNA and 1 Turkish soldier killed[29][30] | 183–210+ killed[30][31][32][33][34][35] |
The 2016 Dabiq offensive was a military offensive and part of the third phase of Operation Euphrates Shield launched by the Turkish Armed Forces and factions from the Free Syrian Army (FSA, a Syrian rebel group) and allied groups, with the goal of capturing the town of Dabiq, north of Aleppo from Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[36][27] It began in September and resulted in the capture of Dabiq by Turkish/FSA-allied forces on 16 October.
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