Islamic State insurgency in Deir ez-Zor explained
The Islamic State insurgency in Deir ez-Zor is a series of armed guerilla and insurgent attacks carried out by ISIL militants, following the defeat in the Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019) against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).[3]
Timeline
- November 13, 2019 – IS militants in Darnaj Dery Ez Zur claimed to have captured and summarily executed an SDF militiaman with a knife
- November 13, 2019 – Deir Ezzor unknown gunmen attack one of the SDF military posts in the shaqra village in the western countryside
- November 14, 2019 – Dier Ezzor SDF patrols closed all crossings in Shuhail with SDF deployed with all equipment for all combatants along the Euphrates river in Shuhail
- November 14, 2019 – According to pro Assad media, fierce clashes have occurred between Syrian army forces and IS militants in a remote area near the T3 pump station in eastern Syrian Homs
- November 19, 2019 – IS launches an attack against the positions of pro Assad forces outside the village of Shula south of the city of Deir Ezzor
Notes and References
- Web site: An explosion targets a commander in Deir Ezzor Military Council, kills 3 of his escorts and wounds him north of Deir Ezzor • the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 28 April 2019.
- Web site: "Revenge war for al-Sham State" continues through targeting by ISIS cells for SDF members east Euphrates • the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 26 April 2019.
- Web site: ISIS cells continue their operations east of Euphrates and target a checkpoint of SDF north Deir Ezzor within the continuation of the "revenge war for the Sham State" • the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 18 April 2019.
