Battle of al-Yaarubiyah

When

27 Oct 2013

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.81° N, 42.07° E

Description

fought in late October 2013 at al-Yaarubiyah

Fought in late October 2013 at al-Yaarubiyah

The Battle of al-Yaarubiyah was fought in late October 2013 at al-Yaarubiyah, a strategically important town at the border of Syria with Iraq. Affiliates of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), namely the YPG/YPJ and local Arab tribes, attacked the settlement in an attempt to capture it from Jihadist and Islamist groups, led by the Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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