Battle of Markada

Battle of Markada
	Part of inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
Date	21–31 March 2014; (1 week and 3 days)
Location	Markada, Syria
Result	ISIL victory ISIL captures Markada on 29 March;
Belligerents
al Nusra Front	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Barakah Province; Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi
Commanders and leaders
Abu Mohammad al-Julani; (Leader of the Al-Nusra Front)	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; (Leader of ISIL); Omar al-Farouk al-Turki †; (Top provincial ISIL commander)
Casualties and losses
	120 killed

The Battle of Markada (also spelled "Markadah" or "Markadahin")^[4] was a military confrontation between two jihadist groups, al Qaeda's al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), over the town of Markada in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, in March 2014 during the Syrian civil war.^[3] The strategic importance of the town to the ISIL lay in its position on the group's weapons supply route from Iraq, the road linking Al-Hasakah with Deir ez-Zor and a hill that dominates the surrounding area.^[5] On the ISIL side there were many Sunni Iranians, including Kurds, who played an important role in the battle.^[6]

^ Nance (2016), pp. 54–55.
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^ "At least 52 dead fighters from the front and the victory of the Islamic State". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ A history of support for Kurdish extremists comes back to haunt Tehran

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[6] A history of support for Kurdish extremists comes back to haunt Tehran

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