Kobanî massacre
2015 ISIL attacks on Kurds in Kobanî, northern Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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See also: Siege of Kobanî
The Kobanî massacre was a combination of suicide missions and attacks on Kurdish civilians by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on the Kurdish-majority city of Kobanî, beginning on Thursday, 25 June 2015, and culminating on Friday, 26 June 2015.[6][7][8] The attacks continued into 28 June 2015, with the last remaining ISIL militant being killed on the following day. The attacks resulted in 223–233 civilians dead, as well as 35–37 Kurdish militiamen[4] and at least 79 ISIL assailants.[5] It was the second-largest massacre committed by ISIL since it declared a caliphate in June 2014.[9]
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Kobanî massacre | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian civil war, the Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present), the American-led intervention in Syria, and the 26 June 2015 Islamist attacks | |||||||
Territories controlled by the YPG, ISIL, the Syrian Army, Free Syrian Army, or contested in northern Syria, as of late June 2015 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Supported by: | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | ||||||
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Salih Muslim[3] |
Abu Ali al-Anbari (Deputy, Syria) | ||||||
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Unknown | 80–100 militants[2] | ||||||
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35–37 killed[4] | 79–92 killed (12 suicide bombers), 1 captured[2][5] | ||||||
223–233 civilians killed[4] and 300+ injured[5] |
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