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
Date4–5 May 2019
(1 day)
Location
Tell Rifaat Subdistrict, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result

SDF victory

  • Turkiah/SNA forces capture three villages before withdrawing due to SDF shelling[4]
  • Frontlines remain the same
  • Turkish/SNA cancel the offensive[5]
Belligerents

 Turkey

Syrian National Army (SNA)

Rojava

Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE)[1]
 Syrian Arab Republic[2][3]

Commanders and leaders
Unknown Unknown
Units involved

 Turkey

Syrian National Army (SNA)

  • Third Legion[6]

Syrian Democratic Forces

Syrian Arab Armed Forces

Strength
600–1,200 200–450
Casualties and losses
4 killed, 2 injured(per SOHR)[7][8]
8 killed (per SOHR)[4][9]
40 killed (per SDF)[1]		 23 killed [7]

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.

  1. ^ a b "Afrin Liberation Forces: 40 terrorists killed in Afrin". ANF News. Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. ^ Zagros, Berxwedan (4 May 2019). "Kurdish forces and #SAA repelled attacks by Turkish-backed jihadists on Malikiya for the third time. There many casualties among #TFSA". Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ Woofers (4 May 2019). "Syrian Army artillery was directly involved with shelling TFSA positions today". Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b "The pro-Turkey factions of "Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield" withdraw from the areas they have advanced into in the northern countryside at the expense of the Kurdish forces after heavy shelling and landmine explosions". Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference cancelled was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ a b "Four Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish militants,..." Reuters. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019 – via www.reuters.com.
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  9. ^ [2][dead link‍]