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

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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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