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2016 Dabiq offensive

2016 Dabiq offensive
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
  Syrian Armed Forces & allied groups
  Syrian Democratic Forces
  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
  FSA groups and Turkish troops in Northern Syria
Date28 September – 16 October 2016
(2 weeks and 4 days)
Location
Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Status

SNA-Turkish victory[1]

Belligerents

 Turkey
Syrian opposition Syrian rebels
Support:

 Islamic State
Support:

Commanders and leaders
Turkey Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı[2]
(Operations chief commander)
Turkey Lt. Gen. İsmail Metin Temel[3][4]
(Second Army commander)
Syrian opposition Col. Ahmed Othman[5]
(Sultan Murad Division commander)
Syrian opposition Fehim İsa[6]
(Sultan Murad Division commander)
Syrian opposition Ali Şeyh Salih[7] (DOW)[8]
(Sultan Murad Division field commander)
Syrian opposition Muhammad al-Gabi[9]
(Liberation Army commander)
Syrian opposition Mohammad Abu Ibrahim[10]
Syrian opposition 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

Turkey Turkish Armed Forces

Syrian opposition Hawar Kilis Operations Room

Syrian opposition Free Idlib Army[20]

Syrian opposition Liberation Army[21]
Brigade of Conquest[22]

Other Syrian rebels
Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement[23]

Ahrar al-Sham[23][24]		 Unknown
Strength
Syrian opposition 2,000 SNA[25]
Turkey 500 soldiers[26]
United States 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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  29. ^ 21 killed (3 Oct.),[1] 1 killed (4 Oct.),[2] Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine 2 killed (5 Oct.),[3] 13 killed (7 Oct.),[4] 2 killed (8 Oct.),[5] 30 killed (9–11 Oct.),[6] 2 killed (13 Oct.),[7] 9 killed (15 Oct.),[8] 9 killed (16 Oct.),[9] total of 89 reported killed
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  31. ^ 35 militants killed during clashes around Ikhtren area
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  36. ^ Turkish-backed rebels 3km from strategic Dabiq, northern Syria

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