Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign explained
The Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign of the Syrian civil war consists of several battles and offensives fought across the governorate of Syria:
Order of battle
Pro-government forces
Syrian government
Hezbollah
(since 2015)
(since 2013)
PMF-affiliated militias
Iraq (since 2017, against ISIS only)
Other armed groups:
SDF forces and allies
(since 2016)
Notes and References
- News: Syrian army breaks three-year siege of Deir ez-Zor. BBC News. 5 September 2017.
- News: Islamic State group defeated as final territory lost, US-backed forces say. BBC News. 23 March 2019.
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- News: Eastern Hama ISIS Pocket Shrinking Under Regime Fire . Rami Zien . Qasioun News . 10 September 2017 . 10 September 2017 . 19 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171019054530/http://www.qasioun.net/en/news/show/94530/Eastern_Hama_ISIS_Pocket_Shrinking_Under_Regime_Fire . dead .
- Web site: Nawaf Al-Bashir Enters Deir Ezzor Accompanied By Liwa Al-Baqir Militias . Talal Kharrat . Qasioun News . 13 September 2017 . 13 September 2017 . 13 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170913231212/http://www.qasioun.net/en/news/show/96124/Nawaf_Al_Bashir_Enters_Deir_Ezzor_Accompanied_By_Liwa_Al_Baqir_Militias . dead .
- Web site: Liwa Usud al-Hussein: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Latakia. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. Syria Comment. 14 February 2016. 5 July 2018.
- Web site: 9 Militants and an Officer of the Syrian regime and Hezbollah militia were killed in rural Homs . Al-Dorar al-Shamia . 10 August 2017 . 28 August 2017 . 8 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908093801/http://www.aldorars.com/en/news/1033 . dead .
- Web site: Hezbollah mourns 26 fighters, including elite commander . Zaman al-Wasl . 2 October 2017 . 5 October 2017.
- Web site: REPORT: Hezbollah Rocket Division commander killed in Syria.
- Web site: И снова ЧВК Вагнера. Как Россия воюет в Сирии.
- Web site: Syria war: Meeting Syria's generals in the desert . Lyse Doucet . . 25 August 2017 . 29 August 2017.
- News: Relatives and friends of Wagner mercenaries we named earlier confirm to @ru_rbc they indeed had been killed in Syria. 12 February 2018.
- Web site: Iraq conducts first airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. February 24, 2017. CNN.
- Web site: Syrian government closes in on opposition stronghold in Yabroud. 3 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910031825/http://www.aawsat.net/2014/03/article55329698. 10 September 2014.
- Christoph Reuter. American Fury: The Truth About the Russian Deaths in Syria: Hundreds of Russian soldiers are alleged to have died in U.S. airstrikes at the beginning of February. Reporting by DER SPIEGEL shows that events were likely very different. Der Spiegel, 2 March 2018.
- Web site: Suqur al-Furat: A Pro-Assad Sha'itat Tribal Militia . Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi . 10 August 2017. 28 August 2017.
- Web site: Pro-regime Palestinian militia mourns 14 members killed by ISIS . Zaman al-Wasl . 31 August 2017. 5 September 2017.
- Web site: Member of "Fath Al-Intefada" dies in clashes and "Free Palestine Movement" sends its members to support the regime in it . Action Group for Palestinians of Syria . 14 November 2018 . 23 March 2018.
- Web site: Member of Free Palestine Movement killed in Deir ez-Zor . Action Group for Palestinians of Syria . 6 August 2017 . 23 March 2018.
- News: Pro-government Assyrian forces arrive in Deir Ezzor for offensive. Leith Fadel. al-Masdar News. 15 May 2017. 17 May 2017. 28 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180628160104/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pro-government-assyrian-forces-arrive-deir-ezzor-offensive/. dead.
- Web site: Sectarian militias brought by the regime to fight in Deir al-Zour. https://archive.today/20171013072540/http://en.eldorar.com/node/5695. 13 October 2017. El-Dorar Al-Shamia. 15 May 2017. 17 May 2017.
- Web site: Spanish warrior fighting with Syrian Kurds killed in battle against IS . Ekurd . 28 May 2018 . 16 March 2019.
- Web site: The Gathering of Al-Bakkara Youth continues their battle and get closer to the hometown of the Sheikh of Bakkara. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 10 September 2017.
- Web site: Hajin in Deir az-Zor: Interview . Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi . 28 September 2018 . 20 February 2019.
- Web site: RojavaCudi . Rojava Resistance on Twitter: "Video of #SDF forces (YPG/J and al Sanadid) clashing with #ISIS and calling in airstrikes north of Hajin‌ " . Twitter.com . 2019-03-26.
- News: Amid Turkish Assault, Kurdish Forces Are Drawn Away From U.S. Fight With ISIS . Eric Schmitt . Rod Rordland . . 28 February 2018 . 28 February 2018.
- Web site: Des civils quittent Baghouz, dernier réduit du "califat": "Si tu es passée par ici, tu es sur la liste noire pour le reste de ta vie" . Civilians leave Baghouz, the last cut of the "caliphate": "If you've been here, you're on the black list for the rest of your life" . Etienne Monin . Radio France . French . 18 February 2019 . 18 February 2019.
- Web site: ‫قواتنا تتمكن من تفجير سيارة ذخيرة لداعش في دير الزور 24/2/2019 . YouTube . 2019-02-24 . 2019-03-26.
- Web site: "We will withdraw our forces from east of Euphrates, send them to the fronts of Afrin" . Hawar News Agency. 6 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041607/http://en.hawarnews.com/we-will-withdraw-our-forces-from-east-of-euphrates-send-them-to-the-fronts-of-afrin/ . 8 March 2018.
- Web site: Syriac commander: Our forces effectively participate in al-Jazeera Tempest . . 30 November 2017 . 7 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171207083747/http://en.hawarnews.com/syriac-commander-our-forces-effectively-participate-in-al-jazeera-tempest/ . 7 December 2017 .
- Web site: NATURO participate in al-Jazeera Tempest . Agiri Ibrahim . . 5 October 2017 . 5 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171019191958/http://en.hawarnews.com/naturo-participate-in-al-jazeera-tempest/ . 19 October 2017 .
- Web site: Self-Defense Duty fighters: we willingly join al-Jazeera Tempest. Hawar News Agency. 20 September 2017. 22 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170921110923/http://en.hawarnews.com/self-defense-duty-fighters-we-willingly-join-al-jazeera-tempest/. 21 September 2017.
- Web site: A thousand civilians rescued in Deir ez-Zor operation . . 22 September 2017 . 22 September 2017.
- Web site: Italian volunteer killed in fight against ISIS . Wladimir van Wilgenburg . Kurdistan24 . 18 March 2019. 18 March 2019.
- Web site: SDF militias Finishing up preparations to attack Deir al-Zour . El-Dorar Al-Shamia . 7 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170912065702/http://www.aldorars.com/en/news/1479 . 12 September 2017 . 9 September 2017 . dmy-all.
- Web site: After carrying out the first massacre by the International Coalition since the start of "Jazeera Storm" Operation, Deir Ezzor Military Council continues its operation to control al-Shehabat area . SOHR . 13 September 2017 . 13 September 2017.
- Web site: RAF air strikes in Iraq and Syria: September 2017. GOV.UK. 10 July 2018.
- Web site: First RAF Typhoon use of Brimstone missile destroys ISIS boat in Syria. 22 February 2019. The Defense Post.
- News: Two British soldiers injured in Islamic State attack in Syria - BBC News . BBC News . 6 January 2019. 2019-03-26.
- News: Two British soldiers seriously injured in Isil missile attack in Syria. The Telegraph. 5 January 2019. 6 January 2019. Merrill. Jamie.
- Web site: Point de situation des opérations du 22 février 2018 . 2018-02-22.
- Web site: French army on the front line of 'final battle' against IS group. 10 February 2019. France 24. 16 February 2019.
- Web site: 'The fighting was intense': witness tells of two-day attempt to kill Isis leader | World news . The Guardian . 10 February 2019. 2019-03-26.
- Web site: Militaire bijdrage Nederland in Irak en Oost-Syrië . 20 October 2020 . Netherlands Ministry of Defence.
- Investigation into Syrian air strikes completed. Department of Defence. 3 March 2017. 30 November 2016.
- Web site: U.S.-backed Syrian forces resume battle against Islamic State. Reuters. 1 May 2018.
- Web site: February update . syriahr.com . 11 February 2019. Syria Observatoy for Human Righst . 17 February 2019.
- Web site: YPG announce defeat of ISIS east of Euphrates. Rudaw. 3 December 2017.
- Web site: Explainer: IS redraws boundaries of its local Syrian 'branches' . BBC Monitoring . BBC Monitoring . . 11 October 2018 . 16 November 2018.
- Web site: #Syriac Military Council, MFS also is sending special forces as reinforcements with the SDF amid ongoing hard battle against ISIS in the various fronts in the Deir ez Zor region for the total liberation of the area and safety of the population with @coalition & @CENTCOM.‌ https://t.co/MkJjHn0Vng |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2018-10-29 |access-date=2019-03-26}}
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International Freedom Battalion (IFB)
Foreign support:
- CJTF–OIR
- Iraq (minor cross border support since 2018, against ISIS only)[46]
- (air support since 2018, against ISIS only)[48]
Pro-ISIS forces
(IS)
References
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. SyriacMilitaryMFS . Twitter .