The offensive was concurrent with the Battle of Sirte in Libya, the Battle of Mosul in Iraq, the Battle of al-Bab in the Aleppo Governorate, the Palmyra offensive, the reignition of fighting in Deir ez-Zor's siege, the Central Syria campaign, and the Mayadin offensive. The campaign ended successfully in October 2017, with the capture of Raqqa.
The SDF's subsidiary goals included capturing the Tabqa Dam, the nearby city of al-Thawrah, and the Baath Dam further downstream. The Raqqa campaign (codenamed Operation Wrath of Euphrates) was a military operation launched in November 2016 during the Rojava–Islamist conflict by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Raqqa Governorate, with the goal of isolating and eventually capturing the Islamic State's capital city, Raqqa. 2017, excluding July 2017) Ģ00,000 civilians displaced Unknown number of child soldiers ġ,100–1,200+ killed, 2,500+ wounded (per US) ģ,784+ killed and 38 captured (SDF claim up to 31 Aug.Large number of reinforcements from Mosul and al-Bab.Several Dozens of Special Forces and military advisers ,Aircraftġ0,000–20,000+ fighters (estimate by Western SDF volunteers & some experts) 3,870 local pro-SDF tribes and village militia ĩ00 American special forces, 1 artillery battery, many aircraft.2,550 Manbij Military Council fighters.500 Deir Ezzor Military Council fighters.(ISIL commander of Middle East external networks) įor other ISIL commanders, see order of battleģ0,000–40,000 SDF fighters (70% Arab acc. (Leading ISIL commander for Raqqa defenses, c. ( Al-Sanadid Forces military chief commander) įor other anti-ISIL commanders, see order of battle ( Jabhat Thuwar al-Raqqa chief commander) The SDF captures more than 7,400 square kilometres (2,900 sq mi) of territory from ISIL during the first, second and third phases of the campaign The SDF enters Raqqa city on 6 June 2017, and completely captures it on 17 October 2017.The SDF comes within 5 km of the Islamic State's capital city of Raqqa, in early February 2017.The SDF captures more than 236 villages, hamlets and strategic hills, two water and power stations, Tabqa Airbase, Tabqa city, Tabqa Dam, and Baath Dam.
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