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Deir ez-Zor Governorate Deir ez-Zor Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة دير الزور / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Dayr az-Zawr'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in eastern Syria, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 33,060 km2 ( ...

campaign of the Syrian civil war consists of several battles and offensives fought across the governorate of

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

: * Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–2014) **

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** Hatla massacre *

Battle of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) Battle of Deir ez-Zor may refer to: * Battle of Deir ez-Zor (1941) * Various battles/offensives in the Syrian Civil War (see Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign The Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign of the Syrian civil war consists of several battl ...

** Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014) **

Deir ez-Zor offensive (December 2014) The Deir ez-Zor offensive (December 2014) was a military operation launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on the Deir ez-Zor air base and the surrounding areas. Battle On 3 December, ISIL launched an offensive in the direct ...

Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016) The Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016) was an ISIL military operation, during which it took over the northern suburbs of Deir ez-Zor on 16 January 2016, and killed from 135 to 300 people, while also kidnapping about 400 others. Background In 2011 ...

September 2016 Deir ez-Zor air raid The September 2016 Deir ez-Zor air raid was a series of 37 U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes near the Deir ez-Zor Airport in eastern Syria on 17 September 2016, lasting from 3:55 p.m. to 4:56 p.m. Damascus time, that killed 83 Syrian A ...

Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017) The Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017) was a military operation launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Syrian Armed Forces, to capture the city of Deir ez-Zor, on 14 January 2017. The offensive came ...

Central Syria campaign (2017) The Central Syria campaign, known as "Operation Khuzam," or "Lavender," was a large-scale military operation of the Syrian Army (SAA) against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Syrian Civil War. Its goal was to captur ...

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2017 Deir ez-Zor missile strike On 18 June 2017, under Operation Laylat al-Qadr ( fa, عملیات لیلةالقدر), Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired six surface-to-surface mid-range ballistic missile from domestic bases targeting ISIL forces in the Syri ...

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Deir ez-Zor offensive (September–November 2017) The Deir ez-Zor offensive was a military operation launched by the Syrian Armed Forces to completely expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the city of Deir ez-Zor, a provincial capital, located on the banks of the Euphra ...

2016 Abu Kamal offensive The 2016 Abu Kamal offensive, also known as Operation Day of Wrath, was launched on the town of Abu Kamal on the Syrian–Iraqi border led by the US-backed New Syrian Army (NSA). The offensive On 28 June 2016, the New Syrian Army rebels la ...

Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) The Raqqa campaign (codenamed Operation Wrath of Euphrates) was a military operation launched in November 2016 during the Rojava–Islamist conflict by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) ...

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Syrian Desert campaign (December 2016–April 2017) The Syrian Desert campaign (December 2016–April 2017) was a military campaign launched by Syrian rebel forces affiliated with the Free Syrian Army's Southern Front and their allies in the southern Syrian Desert and the eastern Qalamoun Mounta ...

* Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019) **

Battle of Khasham On 7 February 2018, the coalition established in 2014 to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) delivered massive air and artillery strikes on the Syrian pro-government forces near the towns of Khasham and Al Tabiyeh in the Dei ...

** Battle of Hajin ** Battle of Baghuz Fawqani * Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017) **

2017 Euphrates Crossing offensive The 2017 Euphrates Crossing offensive was a military offensive launched by the Syrian Arab Army against members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, following the breaking of the three-year siege o ...

2017 Mayadin offensive The 2017 Mayadin offensive was a military offensive launched by the Syrian Arab Army against members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, following the breaking of the three-year siege of the city o ...

2017 Abu Kamal offensive The 2017 Abu Kamal offensive, codenamed Operation Fajr-3 (translated Operation Dawn 3), was a military offensive launched by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies against members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Deir ez-Zor ...

Deir ez-Zor Governorate clashes (April 2018) On 29 April 2018, clashes took place between Syrian government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Deir ez-Zor Governorate. Background Tensions between the Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces in the eastern bank of th ...

Deir ez-Zor offensive (May–June 2018) The Deir ez-Zor offensive (2018) was launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant against government-held areas throughout the Deir ez-Zor Governorate of Eastern Syria. During the offensive, on 8 June, ISIL managed to penetrate the city ...

* Iranian strike on Hajin

Order of battle

Pro-government forces

Syrian government Government of the Syrian Arab Republic is the union government created by the constitution of Syria where by the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Syr ...

Syrian Armed Forces The Syrian Arab Armed Forces ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ, al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah) are the military forces of the Syrian Arab Re ...

Syrian Army " (''Guardians of the Homeland'') , colors = * Service uniform: Khaki, Olive * Combat uniform: Green, Black, Khaki , anniversaries = August 1st , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = 1948 Arab–Israeli War Six ...

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Qalamoun Shield Forces The Qalamoun Shield Forces ( ar, قوات درع القلمون, ''Quwwāt Dirʿ l-Qalamūn'', short: QSF) was a militia formed by natives of the Qalamoun Mountains that fought for the Syrian government during the Syrian Civil War. Originally a ...

*** 4th Armoured Division **** 38th Brigade *** 5th Corps **** ISIS Hunters *** 17th Division *** 18th Armoured Division ****137th Brigade ***

Republican Guard A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name ''Republican'') which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous wit ...

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Tiger Forces The 25th Special Mission Forces Division, mostly known by their former name Tiger Forces or Quwwat al-Nimr ( ar, قُوَّات النِّمْر), is an elite formation (special forces unit) of the Syrian Arab Army which functions primarily as ...

** Syrian Air Force ** National Defence Forces *** Baqir Brigade *** Lions of Hussein * Military Intelligence Directorate **

Military Security Shield Forces The Military Security Shield Forces (), also called the Military Intelligence Shield Force or simply Military Shield, is a pro-government militia involved in the Syrian Civil War that is affiliated with the Military Intelligence Directorate. Hi ...

Forces of the Fighters of the Tribes , native_name_lang = Arabic , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Forces of the Fighters of the Tribes emblem.png , caption = Emblem of the militia. Top reads: "Syrian Arab Republic. The Army and the Armed Forces- ...

Hezbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...

* Lebanese Hezbollah ** Radwan Force * Syrian Hezbollah ** Imam Mahdi Scouts from

Nubl Nubl ( ar, نبل, also spelled Nubbul or Nubbol) is a small city in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo. Nearby localities include al-Zahraa immediately to the south, Anadan to the southe ...

** Hezbollah Rocket Division ( since 2015) *

Russian Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...

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Special Operations Forces Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...

Russian Aerospace Forces The Russian Aerospace Forces or Russian Air and Space Forces ( rus, Воздушно-космические силы, r=Vozdushno-kosmicheskiye sily) or VKS ( rus, ВКС}) comprise the air and space branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Fe ...

*** ** * Wagner Group ** 5 Storm unit ( since 2013) * Iranian Armed Forces **

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

*** Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps *** Quds Force PMF-affiliated militias *

Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Kata'ib al-Imam Ali ( ar, كتائب الإمام علي, ''Kataʾib al-ʾImām ʿAlīy''), also known as the Imam Ali Battalions, are the armed wing of the Islamic Movement of Iraq (Harakat al-Iraq al-Islamiyah) and serve as part of the umbrel ...

Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba , war=Iraq War Iraqi Civil War Syrian Civil War , image=Hezbollah_al-Nujaba_Flag.jpg , caption= , spokesperson=Nasr al-Shammari , active=2013–present , ideology=Shia Islamism Vilayat-e FaqihKhomeinismAnti-West Anti-Zionism , allegiance= (IRGC) ...

** 12th Mechanized Brigade *

Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada The Master of Martyrs Battalions, or Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada' (KSS) ( ar, كتائب سيد الشهداء, The Battalions of the Master of Martyrs) is an Iraqi Shia militia formed in 2013. Its stated mission is to protect "(Shia) shrines acr ...

* Kata'ib Hezbollah * Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq ** Kafeel Zaynab Brigade (since 2017, against ISIS only) * Iraqi Air Force Other armed groups: * Shabiha (2011–12, merged into NDF) *

Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas The Brigade of Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas (Arabic:لواء أبو الفضل العباس, ''Liwa Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas''), also known as the al-Abbas Brigade (Arabic:كتائب العباس, ''Kata'ib al-Abbas''), is a pro-government Twelver Shia Musli ...

(2011–14, rebel claim) * Foreign

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

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Syrian Resistance The Syrian Resistance (''al-Muqāwamat al-Sūriyah'', Arabic: المقاومة السورية), formerly known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Sanjak of Iskandarun (Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير لواء اسـ� ...

** Falcons of the Jazira and Euphrates * Palestinian groups **

Al-Quds Brigade Al-Quds Brigades (AQB) ( ar, سرايا القدس, ''Saraya al-Quds'' meaning ''Jerusalem Brigades'') is the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which is the second largest group in the Gaza St ...

** Galilee Forces ** Fatah al-Intifada ** Free Palestine Movement *

Sootoro The Gozarto Protection Forces ( syr, ܚܝܠܘ̈ܬܐ ܕܣܘܬܪܐ ܕܓܙܪܬܐ, ar, سوتورو, GPF) and Sootoro ( syr, ܣܘܬܪܐ), united as one organisation, are a regional militia based in Qamishli, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria, composed o ...

* Allied local tribes **

Al-Shaitat Al-Shaitat ( ar, الشُّعَيْطَاتُ, aš-Šuʿayṭāt), in Standard Arabic al-Shuʿaytāt, is a Sunni Arab clan which lives in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate in eastern Syria. Its membership numbers between 70,000 and 90,000 and it is l ...

Al-Baggara Al-Baggara or Bakara ( ar, البقّارة (البكّارة), ' or ') is an Arab tribe of the Euphrates tribes spread widely between Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. The tribe was named by the name of their grandfather, Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, o ...

SDF forces and allies

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Syrian Democratic Forces , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svgborder , caption = Flag , active = 10 October 2015 – present , ideology = DemocracyDecentralizationSecularism ...

** People's Protection Units (YPG) *** Anti-Terror Units *** YPG International **

Women's Protection Units (YPJ) ar, وحدات حماية المرأة , image = File:YPJ Flag.svg , caption = Flag of the YPJ , dates = April 2013–present , commander1 = Nesrin ...

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Deir ez-Zor Military Council The Deir ez-Zor Military Council is an Arab-majority militia of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), based in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. History On 8 December 2016 the Deir ez-Zor Military Council was created during a SDF conference in Has ...

*** Gathering of

al-Baggara Al-Baggara or Bakara ( ar, البقّارة (البكّارة), ' or ') is an Arab tribe of the Euphrates tribes spread widely between Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. The tribe was named by the name of their grandfather, Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, o ...

Youth *** Khabat al-Sha'iti Battalion *** Hajin battalion **

Al-Sanadid Forces The Forces of the Brave ( ar, جيش الصناديد / قوات الصناديد, translit=Quwwāt aṣ-Ṣanādīd / Jayš aṣ-Ṣanādīd), generally called the al-Sanadid Forces, are a militia formed by the Arab Shammar tribe to fight against ...

** Manbij Military Council *** Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion *** Martyr Abdo Dushka Regiment **

Army of Revolutionaries The Army of Revolutionaries ( ar, جيش الثوار, Jayš al-Thuwwār), or ''Jaysh al-Thuwar'', is a multi-ethnic armed Syrian rebel coalition that is allied with the primarily Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and participating in the ...

*** Kurdish Front **

Northern Democratic Brigade , war = the Syrian Civil War , image = Northern Democratic Brigade emblem.png , image_size = , image_alt = , status=, caption = Emblem of the Northern Democratic Brigade. The unit also uses the Syrian independence ...

** Syriac Military Council (MFS) *** Special Forces unit **

Nattoreh The Assyrian People's Guard – Nattoreh ( syr, ܢܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܬܠ ܬܡܪ ܐܫܘܪܝܐ, Naṭore d'Tel Tamer Ashoraye; ar, اللجنه الشعبيه للحرس الأشوري) is an Assyrian militia of the Syrian Democratic Forces. It is based ...

* Federal security forces ** Self Defence Forces (HXP) ** Asayish International Freedom Battalion (IFB) * Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (TKP/ML) **

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Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

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Special Air Service The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling and in 1950, it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terro ...

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French Air Force The French Air and Space Force (AAE) (french: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, ) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. It was the first military aviation force in history, formed in 1909 as the , a service arm of the French Army; ...

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Pro-ISIS forces

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Military of ISIS The military of the Islamic State is the fighting force of the Islamic State (IS). The total force size at its peak was estimated from tens of thousands to over two hundred thousand. ISIL's armed forces grew quickly during its territorial expansio ...

** Wilayat al-Khayr (until 2018) ** Wilayat al-Sham (since 2018) *** al-Barakah district (2016–2019) *** al-Khayr district (2018–19) *** al-Furat district (2018–19)

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