The Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign of the Syrian civil war consists of several battles and offensives fought across the governorate of Syria: Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–2014) 2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing Hatla massacre Battle of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014) Deir ez-Zor offensive (December 2014) Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016) September 2016 Deir ez-Zor air raid Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017) Central Syria campaign (2017) 2017 Deir ez-Zor missile strike Deir ez-Zor offensive (September–November 2017) 2016 Abu Kamal offensive Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) (the SDF first entered Deir ez-Zor Governorate) Syrian Desert campaign (December 2016–April 2017) Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019) Battle of Khasham Battle of Hajin Battle of Baghuz Fawqani Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017) 2017 Euphrates Crossing offensive 2017 Mayadin offensive 2017 Abu Kamal offensive Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present) Deir ez-Zor offensive (May–June 2018) Deir ez-Zor Governorate clashes (April 2018) Eastern Syria insurgency Iranian strike on Hajin Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023) Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024)
Order of battle Pro-government forces Ba'athist Syria Syrian Arab Armed Forces Syrian Army 1st Armoured Division 3rd Armoured Division Qalamoun Shield Forces 4th Armoured Division 38th Brigade 5th Corps ISIS Hunters 17th Division 18th Armoured Division 137th Brigade Republican Guard 104th Brigade 800th Regiment Tiger Forces Syrian Air Force National Defence Forces Baqir Brigade Lions of Hussein Military Intelligence Directorate Military Security Shield Forces Forces of the Fighters of the Tribes
Lebanese Hezbollah Radwan Force Syrian Hezbollah Imam Mahdi Scouts from Nubl Hezbollah Rocket Division (since 2015) Russian Armed Forces
29th Army 200th Artillery Brigade Special Operations Forces Russian Aerospace Forces
Wagner Group 5 Storm unit (since 2013) Iranian Armed Forces Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force PMF-affiliated militias Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba 12th Mechanized Brigade Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada 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 (2011–14, rebel claim) Foreign Shia groups Liwa Fatemiyoun Liwa ZainebiyounChristoph 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. Syrian Resistance Falcons of the Jazira and Euphrates Palestinian groups Al-Quds Brigade Galilee Forces Fatah al-Intifada Free Palestine Movement Sootoro Allied local tribes Al-Shaitat Al-Baggara
Rebel forces Free Syrian Army/SNC-aligned units The rebel units in eastern Syria were originally largely independent and unorganized, until many accepted the authority of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (SNC) in late 2012. The authority of the SNC remained mostly nominal, however, and by late 2013 this alliance already began to disintegrate again. 3rd Infantry Division 4th Infantry Division 5th Commando Division 7th Division 11th Division Liwa Jund al-Rahman Liwa Chouhada' Deïr ez-Zor Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade Liwa al-Khadra' Liwa al-Abbas Liwa al-Qadisiya Liwa al-Muhajirin ila Allah Lions of Al Jazeera Retribution Army Al-Tawhid Brigade Mujahideen and Islamists Over time, several units left the SNC alliance due to differences, and formed new, often more Islamist coalitions. Nevertheless, these new alliances generally remained allied with the council. Harakat Abna' al-Islam Jaysh Al-Tawhid (also member of the Syrian Islamic Front) Kata'ib al-Ansar Kata'ib al-Sa’iqa Jaysh Ahl as-Sunna wa-l-Jama’a (formed from former Authenticity and Development Front member groups) Liwa al-Athar Liwa Usud as-Sunna Liwa Ahl al-Raya Jabhat al-Jihad wal-Bina' al-Islamiyya (under command of the Islamic Court of Deir ez-Zor) Liwa Jaf’ar al-Tayyar Liwa la Ilaha illa Allah Liwa al-Hawaz, Liwa Ibn Qiam Liwa al-Risalla Liwa al-Tawhid al-Islami Liwa Othman bin Afan Liwa Ahfad Mohammad Liwa Sarayat al-Rasoul Liwa Sadiq al-Amin Tajamm’u al-Rachidin Brigade of al-Qaka Radical jihadists Besides the SNC and the allied Islamist coalitions, there were also number of radical jihadist groups active in Deir ez-Zor; though they normally also cooperated with other, more moderate rebels, they also worked with the Islamic State, especially in Deir ez-Zor's hinterland. Al-Nusra Front Liwa al-Fatihoun min Ard ash-Sham Ahrar al-Sham
SDF forces and allies (since 2016) Syrian Democratic Forces People's Protection Units (YPG) Anti-Terror Units YPG International Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Deir ez-Zor Military Council Gathering of al-Baggara Youth Khabat al-Sha'iti Battalion Hajin battalion Al-Sanadid Forces Manbij Military Council Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion Martyr Abdo Dushka Regiment Army of Revolutionaries Kurdish Front Northern Democratic Brigade Syriac Military Council (MFS) Special Forces unit Nattoreh Federal security forces Self Defence Forces (HXP) Asayish International Freedom Battalion (IFB) Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (TKP/ML) Liberation Army of the Workers and Peasants of Turkey (TİKKO) Foreign support: CJTF–OIR
United States Armed Forces United States Army Delta Force United States Air Force United States special operations forces United States Marine Corps
British Armed Forces Royal Air Force
Special Air Service
French Air Force French Army
French SOF
(2016)
(2016)
(minor cross border support since 2018, against ISIS only) Popular Mobilization Forces (air support since 2018, against ISIS only)
Pro-ISIS forces (IS) Military of ISIS 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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