Northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016)

Northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016)
	Part of the Turkish military intervention in Syria (August 2016–March 2017) 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 Syrian opposition and Turkish troops in Northern Syria
Date	16–27 September 2016; (1 week and 4 days)
Location	Al-Bab District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Status	Turkish and SNA victory FSA groups/Turkish capture 10 villages (16–20 Sep.); ISIL captures 20+ villages (21–23 Sep.); FSA groups/Turkish capture 15 villages (23–27 Sep.);
Belligerents
Turkey; Syrian Opposition; Support: United States;	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı; (Operations chief commander); Lt. Gen. İsmail Metin Temel; (Second Army commander); Col. Ahmed Othman; (Sultan Murad Division commander); Fehim İsa; (Sultan Murad Division commander); Ali Şeyh Salih; (Sultan Murad Division field commander); Muhammad al-Gabi; (Liberation Army commander); Mohammad Abu Ibrahim; Mustafa Sejari; (Al-Moutasem Brigade political leader); Abdel Karim Alyato †; (13th Division commander); Mahmoud Abu Hamza (Descendants of Saladin Brigade commander); Capt. Abdel Salam Abdel Razaq (Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander); Capt. Mohammed Abu Mustafa; (Sham Legion commander); Abu Jafer (Brigade of Conquest commander)	Unknown
Units involved
Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Land Forces; Turkish Air Force; Special Forces; Hawar Kilis Operations Room; Sultan Murad Division; Descendants of Saladin Brigade; Hamza Division; Levant Front; Al-Moutasem Brigade; Fastaqim Union; Sham Legion; Akhtarin Military Council (from 3 October 2016); Free Idlib Army 13th Division; ; Liberation Army; Liberation Brigade (Leader and 50 defectors, rest still in the SDF); First Division of Aleppo; Brigade of Conquest; ; Other Syrian rebels; Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement; Ahrar al-Sham	Unknown
Strength
500+ soldiers; 1,500+ rebels; 40 military advisors	3,000+ militants
Casualties and losses
8 rebels and 2 Turkish soldiers killed (per Turkey & SOHR) ~60 rebels and 2 Turkish soldiers killed, 1 Turkish tank destroyed (ISIL claim)	45+ killed (per Turkey)

The northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016) 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 and allied groups, with the goal of capturing the city of al-Bab located north of Aleppo from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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