venerdì 24 febbraio 2017

Al Bab: la Battaglia delle Cinque Armate

Western al-Bab offensive (2016) (within Northern Syria).svg

1) e 2) In verde sono indicate le armate della Turchia e degli islamisti del Fronte Al-Nusra (attualmente chiamato Fateh Al-Sham, Ahrar al-Sham, Faylaq al-Sham ).
3) In giallo sono indicate le armate dei Curdi
4) In rosso sono indicate le armate dell'esercito del governo della Siria
5) In grigio scuro sono indicate le armate dell'Isis



Map of the wider Turkish-led operations and the wider campaigns in northern Aleppo
Date6 November 2016 – 23 February 2017
(3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
LocationAl-Bab DistrictAleppo GovernorateSyria
Status
Turkish Army and rebel victory
Belligerents
 Turkey
Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army
Support:
 Russia (against ISIL only; since 29 Dec. 2016)[1]
 United States(against ISIL only, since 17 Jan. 2017)[2]
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
 Syrian Democratic Forces(until 27 November 2016)

Support:
 Russia (against ISIL only)[8]
Commanders and leaders
Turkey Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı[33]
(Operations chief commander)
Turkey Lt. Gen. İsmail Metin Temel[34][35]
(Second Armycommander)
Syrian opposition Col. Ahmed Othman[36]
(Sultan Murad Division commander)
Syrian opposition Fehim İsa (Sultan Murad Division commander)[37]
 Mahmoud Abu Hamza[38] (Descendants of Saladin Brigade commander)
Syrian opposition Capt. Yussuf Shibli[39] (Qabasin Military Council commander)
 Capt. Abdel Salam Abdel Razaq[38](Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander)
 Capt. Mohammed Abu Mustafa[40]
(Sham Legion commander)
 Abu Jafer[41](Brigade of Conquest commander)
Syrian opposition Zakariya Wali[42] (WIA)
(Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade military commander)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Khalid al-Urduni  (ISIL Governor of al-Bab)[43]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Husen Tunisi [44]
(ISIL emir)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Ansari [45]
(ISIL emir)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Jonathan Jeffrey (a.k.a. Abu Ibrahim Al-Francy)  (POW)[46][47]
(French ISIL leader in al-Bab)
 Adnan Abu Amjad[48] (Manbij Military Council & Northern Sun Battalion commander)
 Anwar Khabat[49] (Euphrates Liberation Brigade commander)
Units involved
Other Syrian rebels:
 Syrian Democratic Forces

Strength
Turkey 1,300 soldiers,[65][66][67]
40 tanks originally, 10 reinforcements[68]
15+ APCs[69]
Syrian opposition 2,000–3,000 rebel fighters[70][71]
3,000–5,000 militants[70][72]
 Unknown

Syria 10,000 soldiers[6]
Casualties and losses
Turkey 57 killed[73]
Syrian opposition 428+ killed[74]
1,348+ killed (Turkish and SAA claims)[75]
 46 killed[76]

Syria 16+ killed[77]
444 civilians killed[78]
30,000+ civilians fled[79]

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