2019 Tell Rifaat clashes

2019 Tell Rifaat Clashes
	Part of Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Operation Olive Branch and the Syrian Civil War
Date	4–5 May 2019; (1 day)
Location	Tell Rifaat Subdistrict, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result	SDF victory Turkish and SNA forces capture three villages before withdrawing due to SDF shelling; Frontlines remain the same; Turkey/SNA cancel the offensive;
Belligerents
Turkey Turkish Armed Forces; Syrian National Army (SNA)	Rojava Syrian Democratic Forces; Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE); Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Armed Forces;
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Unknown
Units involved
Turkey Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Land Forces; ; Syrian National Army (SNA) Third Legion;	Syrian Democratic Forces People's Protection Units (YPG); Syrian Arab Armed Forces Syrian Arab Army (SAA);
Strength
+600-1200	+200-450
Casualties and losses
4 killed, 2 injured(per SOHR); 8 killed (per SOHR); 40 killed (per SDF)	23 killed

The 2019 Tell Rifaat Clashes were a military confrontation between Turkey and allied Free Syrian Army groups against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in early May 2019.

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