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The Battle of Markada was a military confrontation between two jihadist groups, al Qaeda's al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), over the town of Markada in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, in March 2014 during the Syrian civil war.〔 The strategic importance of the town to the ISIL 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=At least 52 dead fighters from the front and the victory of the Islamic State )〕 ==Battle== The battle started on 21 March 2014,〔 with fighting near Markada's grain silos that left 27 Nusra fighters dead and others missing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria killed 30 Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant Brive-Hasakah )〕 On the morning of 27 March, the ISIS attacked the town, which was being held by the Al-Nusra Front. The ISIS managed to force Nusra to withdraw to the town's hospital and the mountain overlooking Markada.〔 Before dawn on 29 March, clashes erupted in the town〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A bomb explosion in Deir al-Zour and clashes in Al-Hasakah )〕 as the ISIS attacked the hospital and Nusra positions in the mountain.〔 After heavy fighting that left 43 Nusra and 13 ISIS fighters dead,〔 the ISIS took full control of the town,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ISIS seizes town from Nusra in Hassakeh province )〕 with Nusra forces retreating towards the town of al-Sour in the eastern rural area of Deir ez-Zor province. Many Nusra fighters were also captured.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ISIS kills 35 fighters from Jabhat Al-Nusra and Islamic battalions )〕 Among those killed was also the top provincial ISIS commander,〔 Omar al-Farouk al-Turki.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Organization "Daash" controlled Mrkdh, and mourns his military commander in the Al-Hasakah )〕 On 31 March, Nusra launched a counter-attack in an attempt to recapture the town.〔 By this time, the number of those killed since the start of the fighting had risen to 120.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian army retakes key post in regime bastion Latakia )〕 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 Markada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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