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Balance of the War Against Hostile Groups in Rojava, Northern Syria: Year 2015


Operations carried out by our forces: 453
Contacts our forces have engaged in during operations/attacks: 392
Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Devices: 94
Enemy forces killed: 5875
Enemy casualties seized by our units: 2177
Enemy forces captured alive: 38
Weapons/equipment destroyed: 3 DShK 14.5mm
5 DShK 23.5
15 DShK-mounted vehicles
204 vehicle
58 VBIED
3 vehicles used to transfer ammunition
24 tanks, 26 Armored Personnel Carrier
20 motorbikes
4 bulldozers
2 minibuses
3 pieces of 82mm artillery
Weapons/equipment captured by our forces: 290000+ AK bullets, 3500+ AK magazines, 2181 AK rifles
240000+ PK bullets, 289 PK machine guns
870+ RPG rockets, 258 RPG rocket launcher
500 G3 bullets, 60 G3 magazines, 10 G3 rifles
3600+ M16 ammunition, 28 M16 rifles
62 vz. 24 Carbines
13 sniper rifles
200 Zagros rounds, 2 Zagros anti-materiel snipping rifle
2 anti-materiel Shiyar snipping rifle
2 Uzi guns, 26 hand guns
1350+ hand grenades
2400+ IEDs
650 Anti-tank mines
77 Anti-personnel mines
700+ ammunition-carrying vests
35 suicide vests
19 wireless communication systems
119 radios
45 pairs of binoculars
11 pairs of night-visions
22 thermal scopes
1 sniper scope
1 RPG scope
1 tank scope
1 artillery scope
18 computers
1 filming device
1 photography camera
30+ cellphones
3 armored vest
1 gas mask
6700+ DShK 12.5 shells, 38 DShK 12.5 heavy machine guns
5300+ DShK 14.5 shells, 23 DShK 14.5 heavy machine guns
1200+ DShK 23.5 shells, 11 DShK 23.5 heavy machine guns
1 A4 weapon along with 75 rounds
85 Katyusha rockets, 7 Katyusha rocket launcher
9 pieces of 60mm artillery, 270+ 60mm rounds
42 pieces of 82mm artillery, 80+ 82mm rounds
8 pieces of 120mm artillery, 600+ 120mm rounds
2 pieces of 130mm artillery
1 piece of 160mm artillery
2 pieces of 220mm artillery
133 tank rounds
7 Humvee vehicles
90 militarily-utilized vehicles
15 VBIEDs secured
8 Grad missiles
2 Konkors rocket launcher + 14 rounds
21 pieces of SPG-9 rocket launcher
9 trucks
1 dozer
1 loader
1 autobus
2 ambulances
2 minibuses
3 tractors
12 motorcycles
A large quantity of organizational documents from different warring groups
Our Fallen Combatants: 680 of our combatant comrades fell martyr during our struggle in 2015

  • Our forces of the People's Defense Units (YPG) and the Women's Defense Units (YPJ) led the following operations: Til Hamis / Til Berak / Rubar Qamishlo / Gelhat / Hasakah
  • The noted campaigns/operations enabled our forces to liberate and secure 18000 square kilometers
  • Over the course of those operations the towns/cities Til Hamis, Til Berak, Til Tamer, Siluk, Gire Spi (Tal Abyad), Ain Issa, Sarrin, Hasakah were fully cleansed by the Defense Units
  • Similarly, strategic sites neighboring the city/towns Gire Spi, Mabroukah and the Mount Kezwan were secured from any terrorist movement
  • In the town Ain Issa, Division 93 and Base Milibiyah regime-founded military bases which were occupied by the terrorist group Daesh (ISIS) were cleared by the Defense Units
  • During clashes/contacts our forces encountered, the results of 192 engagements remained unconfirmed
  • The Turkish Army during 2015, for 22 times, targeted our forces' security positions utilizing heavy weaponry
  • Balance of the military campaign jointly conducted with the Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD) has been excluded from this release
[Source: People's Defense units (YPG), Press Office, December 2015]

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