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The Battle of Sarrin (March–April 2015) refers to a military operation during 2015 in the northeastern Aleppo Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War, conducted by Kurdish YPG and allied forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the town of Sarrin, in an effort to capture the town and the surrounding region. ==Background== (詳細はKobanî Canton and the city of Kobanî, with at least 4,000 fighters,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Slemani Times 1 )〕 During the advance, ISIL forces captured the villages of Robey and Tall Ghazal, and the nearby grain silos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria Daily: US Missiles Hit Insurgents, Kill Civilians, Upset the Opposition )〕 pushing into the villages at the western and eastern borders of the Canton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Agathocle de Syracuse )〕 On 17 September 2014, following the capture of a strategic bridge over the Euphrates on 16 September,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thousands of Syrian Kurds Flee Islamic State Fighters Into Turkey )〕 In response to the growing crisis, the US-led Coalition began conducting airstrikes in and around Kobanî on 26 September, continuing for five days, until 2 October, during which the US performed no strikes on that day, before reportedly carried out further strikes late on 3 October. By early October 2014, most of the Kobanî Canton had fallen under ISIL control, with the city of Kobanî itself besieged, causing at least 90% of the Kurdish inhabitants in the region to flee to Turkey. By mid-October 2014, at least 9,000 militants had been dispatched to capture Kobanî, and at least 400,000 Kurdish civilians had fled to Turkey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Most US Airstrikes in Syria Target a City That's Not a "Strategic Objective" - Mother Jones )〕 In late October 2014, Turkey allowed some Free Syrian Army and Peshmerga reinforcements to cross over into Kobanî, allowing the Kurdish defenders to counter the ISIL advance. By mid-November 2014, the YPG and other defenders had managed to make some reversals in Kobanî city. On 19 January 2015, the YPG-led forces captured the strategic Mistanour Hill to the southeast of Kobanî city, allowing the Kurdish forces to turn the tide of the battle. During the next week, the YPG-led forces gradually advanced, before fully expelling ISIL from Kobanî city on 27 January 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=U.S. general says Syrian town of Kobani taken from Islamic State )〕 ISIL admitted defeat in the city three days later, but vowed to return. At that time, ISIL redeployed much of its initial invasion force to other "more important fronts". After retaking Kobanî city, the YPG and FSA launched an offensive to retake the rest of the Kobanî Canton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kobane Under Intense ISIS Attack, Excluded from UN Humanitarian Aid )〕 Consequently, ISIL dispatched reinforcements to the region, to prevent the Kurdish-led forces from reaching the ISIL-held territory in the northern Aleppo Governorate,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria Kurds seize third of villages around Kobani from ISIS )〕 and to prevent them from reaching the ISIL capital of Ar-Raqqah. On 10 February 2015, the YPG built on their recent gains and launched an assault on Sarrin from the northwest.〔(Kobani Canton Situation Map: 10 February 2015 )〕 Despite being stalled for nearly 2 weeks, the Kurdish forces nearly reached the western outskirts of the town of Sarrin in late February 2015.〔(Kobani Conflict Map: 24 February 2015 )〕 However, on 27 February, an ISIL counter-attack drove the YPG away from Sarrin, back to Qara Qozak, just beyond the M5 Highway.〔(Kobani Situation: 27 February 2015 )〕 Despite this setback, YPG-led forces slowly continued advancing in other parts of the canton, capturing Qara Qozak on 15 March,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Islamic State bombs ancient bridge, prevents Kurdish advancement to Raqqa )〕 recapturing most of the territory lost to ISIL during their September 2014 offensive, with the exception of three villages in the southern part of the Canton near Jill, and a few dozen villages captured by ISIL in the eastern Kobanî Canton and the northwestern Ar-Raqqah Governorate.〔(Kobani Canton Map: 15 March 2015 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Sarrin (March–April 2015)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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