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Battle of Markada

Coordinates:35°44′00″N40°46′00″E / 35.7333°N 40.7667°E /35.7333; 40.7667
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Military confrontation between two jihadist groups
Battle of Markada
Part ofinter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
Date21–31 March 2014
(1 week and 3 days)
Location
Result

ISIL victory

  • ISIL captures Markada on 29 March[2]
Belligerents
al Nusra Front

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi
Commanders and leaders
Ahmed al-Sharaa
(Leader of the Al-Nusra Front)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Leader of ISIL)
Omar al-Farouk al-Turki 
(Top provincial ISIL commander)[2]
Casualties and losses
120 killed[3]
Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011)
Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012)
UN ceasefire;Rebel advances (May 2012 – Dec. 2013)
U.S.-led intervention,Rebel andISIL advances (Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015)
Russian intervention (Sept. 2015 – March 2016)
Aleppo escalation andEuphrates Shield (March 2016 – February 2017)
Collapse of theIslamic State in Syria (Feb. – Nov. 2017)
Rebels in retreat andOperation Olive Branch
(Nov. 2017 – Sep. 2018)
Idlib demilitarization
(Sep. 2018 – April 2019)
Idlib ceasefire (March 2020 – Nov. 2024)
Opposition offensives andAssad overthrown (Nov. – Dec. 2024)
Transitional government andSNA–SDF conflict (Dec. 2024 – present)

TheBattle of Markada (also spelled "Markadah" or "Markadahin")[4] was a military confrontation between twojihadist groups,al Qaeda'sal-Nusra Front and theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), over the town ofMarkada in theAl-Hasakah Governorate, in March 2014 during theSyrian civil war.[3] The strategic importance of the town to the ISIL lay in its position on the group's weapons supply route from Iraq, the road linkingAl-Hasakah withDeir ez-Zor and a hill that dominates the surrounding area.[5] On the ISIL side there were many Sunni Iranians, including Kurds, who played an important role in the battle.[6]

Battle

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The battle started on 21 March 2014,[3] with fighting near Markada's grain silos that left 27 al-Nusra Front fighters dead and others missing.[7]

On the morning of 27 March, ISIL attacked the town, which was being held by the al-Nusra Front. ISIL managed to force al-Nusra to withdraw to the town's hospital and the mountain overlooking Markada.[8]

Before dawn on 29 March, clashes erupted in the town[9] as ISIL attacked the hospital and al-Nusra positions in the mountain.[8] After heavy fighting that left 43 al-Nusra and 13 ISIL fighters dead,[7] ISIL took full control of the town[2] as al-Nusra forces retreated towards the town of al-Sour in the eastern rural area of Deir ez-Zor province. Many al-Nusra fighters were also captured.[10] Among those killed was also the top provincial ISIL commander,[2] Omar al-Farouk al-Turki.[8]

On 31 March, al-Nusra launched a counterattack in an attempt to recapture the town.[7] By this time, the number of those killed since the start of the fighting had risen to 120.[3]

References

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  1. ^Nance (2016), pp. 54–55.
  2. ^abcd"ISIS seizes town from Nusra in Hassakeh province".The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Archived fromthe original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved25 October 2014.
  3. ^abcd"Syrian army retakes key post in regime bastion Latakia".Your Middle East. 31 March 2014. Archived fromthe original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved25 October 2014.
  4. ^Nance (2016), p. 55.
  5. ^"At least 52 dead fighters from the front and the victory of the Islamic State". Retrieved25 October 2014.
  6. ^A history of support for Kurdish extremists comes back to haunt Tehran
  7. ^abc"Syria killed 30 Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant Brive-Hasakah". Retrieved25 October 2014.
  8. ^abc"Organization "Daash" controlled Mrkdh, and mourns his military commander in the Al-Hasakah".كلنا شركاء في الوطن. Retrieved25 October 2014.
  9. ^"A bomb explosion in Deir al-Zour and clashes in Al-Hasakah". Retrieved25 October 2014.
  10. ^"ISIS kills 35 fighters from Jabhat Al-Nusra and Islamic battalions". Retrieved25 October 2014.

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