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Central Syria campaign (2017)

Central Syria campaign (2017)
Part of the Syrian Civil War, Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014-17) and the Russian military intervention in Syria
Race to Deir ezzor.svg
Situation in central Syria, showing advancements of the Syrian Army
Date 14 July – 21 October 2017
(3 months and 1 week)
Location Central Syria
Result

Decisive Syrian Army & allies victory

  • Syrian Government forces capture 17,000 square kilometers of territory, including Al-Sukhnah
  • Syrian Government forces created and cleared two separate pockets of ISIL forces in Central Syria and Eastern Hama
  • Syrian Government forces lifted the siege of the western part of Deir ez-Zor city and Deir ez-Zor Airport
  • The control of the Syrian Government increases to around 50% by the end of the offensive
Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Russia
Iran
Allied militias:
Hezbollah
PMF-affiliated militias
Syrian Resistance
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg Al-Quds Brigade
State of Palestine Galilee Forces

Brigades of the Den

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan
(operations chief commander)
Syria Maj. Gen. Issam Zahreddine
(Republican Guard commander)
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Khaddour
(commander of eastern Syria)
Gen. Ghassan Iskendar Taraf (WIA)
(Al-Qassem commander)
Ahmed Salman Salloum †
(Tiger Forces senior commander)
Wael Zaidan †
(Tiger Forces commander)
Nawaf Al-Bashir
(Al-Baggara Sheikh)
Omar Al-Hassan
(al-Baqir Brigade commander)
Maj. Gen. Mustafa Khosh Mohammadi †
(IRGC commander)
Col. Morteza Hosseinpour-Shalmani †
(Iranian-led Iraqi contingent operations commander)
Gen. Abdullah Khosrawi †
(Commander of Fatahin battalion)
Ali al-Aa'shiq †
(Radwan Force commander)
Anwar Yawri †
(Liwa Fatemiyoun commander)
Turki Albu Hamad
(Forces of the Fighters of the Tribes chief commander)
State of Palestine Fadi al-Mellah
(Galilee Forces commander)		 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Gulmurod Khalimov
(ISIL war minister, reported killed by Russia)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Mohammed al-Shimali
(Deir ez-Zor emir, reported killed by Russia)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Khuzaymah al-Tunisi Surrendered
(Hisbah police chief)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Saraqah Al-Trablosi  †
Units involved

Syrian Armed Forces

Russian forces

Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Hezbollah

  • Lebanese units
    • Radwan Force
  • Syrian units
    • Imam Mahdi Scouts from Nubl

Syrian Resistance

  • Falcons of the Jazira and Euphrates

PMF-affiliated militias

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Military of ISIL

  • Wilayat Hama
  • Wilayat Homs
  • Wilayat Raqqa
  • Wilayat Deir ez-Zor
  • Hisbah police
Strength
50,000 (pro-government claim) Several thousand fighters
Casualties and losses
SyriaIran 912 killed(10 IRGC, 36 Hezbollah killed)

Russia 17 killed (15 PMCs) 		1,394 killed
190 civilians killed

Decisive Syrian Army & allies victory

Syrian Arab Republic

Russia
Iran
Allied militias:
Hezbollah
PMF-affiliated militias
Syrian Resistance
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg Al-Quds Brigade
State of Palestine Galilee Forces


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