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Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)
...Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) | |||||||||
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Part of the Rojava–Islamist conflict and the American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
Top: A map of the SDF advances in the Raqqa Governorate Bottom: A map of the SDF advances inside of Raqqa city itself | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Syrian Democratic Forces Co-belligerents Syrian Arab Republic[9] Russia[10] | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Sipan Hemo (YPG chief commander)[21] Rojda Felat (Leading YPJ commander)[22][23][24] Kino Gabriel (MFS commander)[25] Fayad Ghanim (Raqqa Hawks Brigade commander)[26] Abu Issa (Jabhat Thuwar al-Raqqa chief commander) Muhedi Jayila (Elite Forces commander)[27] Bandar al-Humaydi (Al-Sanadid Forces military chief commander)[25] Siyamend Welat (HXP chief commander)[28] Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend (CJTF–OIR chief commander) For other anti-ISIL commanders, see order of battle |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (WIA) (Leader of ISIL)[29][30] Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti † (Leading ISIL commander for Raqqa defenses, c. 11–26 December)[31][32] Abu Saraqeb al-Maghribi (Head of security in Al-Thawrah)[33] Abu Jandal al-Masri[33] (Chief of Information in Raqqa) Abu Muhammad al-Jazrawi (Chief of Al-Hisba secret police[33] Mahmoud al-Isawi † (ISIL propaganda chief)[34] Abd al-Basit al-Iraqi † (ISIL commander of Middle East external networks)[35] Zainuri Kamaruddin † (Katibah Nusantara commander)[36] Abu Luqman (ISIL governor of Raqqa)[37] For other ISIL commanders, see order of battle | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
See anti-ISIL forces order of battle | See ISIL order of battle | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
30,000–40,000 SDF fighters[38][39][40] (70% Arab acc. to the SDF)[41]
500 HXP soldiers[1] Several Tupolev Tu-95 bombers[10] |
10,000–20,000+ fighters[65][66][67][68][69] (estimate by Western SDF volunteers & some experts)
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
1,100–1,200+ killed, 2,500+ wounded (per US)[75][76] |
3,784+ killed and 38 captured (SDF claim; up to 31 Aug. 2017, excluding July 2017)[c] 6,000 killed (US claim)[79] | ||||||||
2,385 civilians killed[80][81][82] 200,000 civilians displaced[83][84][85][86][87] |