Battle of Markada
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Date21–31 March 2014
(1 week and 3 days)
(1 week and 3 days)
| Battle of Markada | |||||||
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| Part of Opposition–Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 al-Nusra Front |
 Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (Ahmed a-Sharaa) (Leader of the Al-Nusra Front) |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL) Omar al-Farouk al-Turki † (Top provincial ISIL commander)[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 120 killed[3] | |||||||
The Battle of Markada (also spelled "Markadah" or "Markadahin")[4] was a military confrontation between two jihadist groups, al-Qaeda's al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State (ISIS), over the town of Markada in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, in March 2014 during the Syrian civil war.[3] The strategic importance of the town to the ISIS lay in its position on the group's weapons supply route from Iraq, the road linking Al-Hasakah with Deir ez-Zor and a hill that dominates the surrounding area.[5] On the ISIS side there were many Sunni Iranians, including Kurds, who played an important role in the battle.[6]
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