Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign

Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
	; Map of Syria with Deir ez-Zor Governorate highlighted
Date	26 November 2011 – present; (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. years, Expression error: Unexpected < operator. months, Expression error: Unexpected < operator. weeks and Expression error: Unexpected < operator. days)
Location	Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Units involved
	See below

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

Syrian Armed Forces
- Syrian Army
  - 1st Armoured Division
  - 3rd Armoured Division
    - Qalamoun Shield Forces^[1]
  - 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
- [[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] National Defence Forces
  - Baqir Brigade^[2]
  - Lions of Hussein^[3]
Military Intelligence Directorate
- Military Security Shield Forces
- Forces of the Fighters of the Tribes

Hezbollah

Lebanese Hezbollah^[4]
- Radwan Force^[5]
Syrian Hezbollah
- Imam Mahdi Scouts from Nubl^[4]
- Hezbollah Rocket Division^[6]

Russia (since 2015)

Russian Armed Forces
- Russia Army
  - 29th Army
    - 200th Artillery Brigade^[7]
  - Special forces^[8]
- Russian Aerospace Forces
  - Russian Air Force
- Russian Navy
Wagner Group
- 5 Storm unit^[9]

Iran (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

Iraq (since 2017, against ISIS only)

Iraqi Air Force^[10]

Other armed groups:

Shabiha (2011–2012, merged into NDF)
Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas (2011–14, rebel claim)^[11]
Foreign Shia groups
- Liwa Fatemiyoun
- Liwa Zainebiyoun^[12]
Syrian Resistance
- Falcons of the Jazira and Euphrates^[13]
Palestinian groups
- Al-Quds Brigade
- Galilee Forces^[14]
- File:Fatah Flag.svg Fatah al-Intifada^[15]
- Free Palestine Movement^[16]
Sootoro^[17]^[18]
Allied local tribes
- Al-Shaitat
- Al-Baggara

References[]

↑ Rami Zien (10 September 2017). "Eastern Hama ISIS Pocket Shrinking Under Regime Fire". Qasioun News. http://www.qasioun.net/en/news/show/94530/Eastern_Hama_ISIS_Pocket_Shrinking_Under_Regime_Fire. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
↑ Talal Kharrat (13 September 2017). "Nawaf Al-Bashir Enters Deir Ezzor Accompanied By Liwa Al-Baqir Militias". Qasioun News. http://www.qasioun.net/en/news/show/96124/Nawaf_Al_Bashir_Enters_Deir_Ezzor_Accompanied_By_Liwa_Al_Baqir_Militias. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
↑ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (14 February 2016). "Liwa Usud al-Hussein: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Latakia". Syria Comment. http://www.aymennjawad.org/18526/liwa-usud-al-hussein-a-new-pro-assad-militia-in. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "9 Militants and an Officer of the Syrian regime and Hezbollah militia were killed in rural Homs". Al-Dorar al-Shamia. 10 August 2017. http://www.aldorars.com/en/news/1033. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
↑ "Hezbollah mourns 26 fighters, including elite commander". Zaman al-Wasl. 2 October 2017. https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/30123.html. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
↑ "REPORT: Hezbollah Rocket Division commander killed in Syria". https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/REPORT-Hezbollah-Rocket-Division-commander-killed-in-Syria-559556.
↑ "И снова ЧВК Вагнера. Как Россия воюет в Сирии". https://nv.ua/opinion/goltz/i-snova-chvk-vahnera-kak-rossija-vojuet-v-sirii-2472517.html.
↑ Lyse Doucet (25 August 2017). "Syria war: Meeting Syria's generals in the desert". BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41035961. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
↑ "Relatives and friends of Wagner mercenaries we named earlier confirm to @ru_rbc they indeed had been killed in Syria". 12 February 2018. https://www.rbc.ru/politics/12/02/2018/5a81ac729a79470fd22bc3ae?from=main.
↑ "Iraq conducts first airstrikes against ISIS in Syria". CNN. February 24, 2017. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/24/middleeast/iraq-conducts-first-airstrikes-against-isis-in-syria/index.html.
↑ "Syrian government closes in on opposition stronghold in Yabroud". http://www.aawsat.net/2014/03/article55329698. Retrieved 3 November 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.
↑ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (10 August 2017). "Suqur al-Furat: A Pro-Assad Sha'itat Tribal Militia". http://www.aymennjawad.org/2017/08/suqur-al-furat-a-new-pro-assad-tribal-militia. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
↑ "Pro-regime Palestinian militia mourns 14 members killed by ISIS". Zaman al-Wasl. 31 August 2017. https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/29436.html. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
↑ "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. http://www.actionpal.org.uk/en/post/6139/action-group-for-palestinians-of-syria/member-of-fath-al-intefada-dies-in-clashes-and-free-palestine-movement-sends-its-members-to-support-the-regime-in-it. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
↑ "Member of Free Palestine Movement killed in Deir ez-Zor". Action Group for Palestinians of Syria. 6 August 2017. http://www.actionpal.org.uk/en/post/5925/action-group-for-palestinians-of-syria/member-of-free-palestine-movement-killed-in-deir-ez-zor. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
↑ Leith Fadel (15 May 2017). "Pro-government Assyrian forces arrive in Deir Ezzor for offensive". al-Masdar News. https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pro-government-assyrian-forces-arrive-deir-ezzor-offensive/. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
↑ "Sectarian militias brought by the regime to fight in Deir al-Zour". El-Dorar Al-Shamia. 15 May 2017. http://en.eldorar.com/node/5695. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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[1] Rami Zien (10 September 2017). "Eastern Hama ISIS Pocket Shrinking Under Regime Fire". Qasioun News. http://www.qasioun.net/en/news/show/94530/Eastern_Hama_ISIS_Pocket_Shrinking_Under_Regime_Fire. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

[Baqir-2] Talal Kharrat (13 September 2017). "Nawaf Al-Bashir Enters Deir Ezzor Accompanied By Liwa Al-Baqir Militias". Qasioun News. http://www.qasioun.net/en/news/show/96124/Nawaf_Al_Bashir_Enters_Deir_Ezzor_Accompanied_By_Liwa_Al_Baqir_Militias. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

[3] Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (14 February 2016). "Liwa Usud al-Hussein: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Latakia". Syria Comment. http://www.aymennjawad.org/18526/liwa-usud-al-hussein-a-new-pro-assad-militia-in. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[scouts-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "9 Militants and an Officer of the Syrian regime and Hezbollah militia were killed in rural Homs". Al-Dorar al-Shamia. 10 August 2017. http://www.aldorars.com/en/news/1033. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[Radwan-5] "Hezbollah mourns 26 fighters, including elite commander". Zaman al-Wasl. 2 October 2017. https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/30123.html. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[rocket-6] "REPORT: Hezbollah Rocket Division commander killed in Syria". https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/REPORT-Hezbollah-Rocket-Division-commander-killed-in-Syria-559556.

[7] "И снова ЧВК Вагнера. Как Россия воюет в Сирии". https://nv.ua/opinion/goltz/i-snova-chvk-vahnera-kak-rossija-vojuet-v-sirii-2472517.html.

[syria_generals-8] Lyse Doucet (25 August 2017). "Syria war: Meeting Syria's generals in the desert". BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41035961. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[9] "Relatives and friends of Wagner mercenaries we named earlier confirm to @ru_rbc they indeed had been killed in Syria". 12 February 2018. https://www.rbc.ru/politics/12/02/2018/5a81ac729a79470fd22bc3ae?from=main.

[10] "Iraq conducts first airstrikes against ISIS in Syria". CNN. February 24, 2017. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/24/middleeast/iraq-conducts-first-airstrikes-against-isis-in-syria/index.html.

[11] "Syrian government closes in on opposition stronghold in Yabroud". http://www.aawsat.net/2014/03/article55329698. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[spiegeltruth-12] 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.

[Furat-13] Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (10 August 2017). "Suqur al-Furat: A Pro-Assad Sha'itat Tribal Militia". http://www.aymennjawad.org/2017/08/suqur-al-furat-a-new-pro-assad-tribal-militia. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[mourns-14] "Pro-regime Palestinian militia mourns 14 members killed by ISIS". Zaman al-Wasl. 31 August 2017. https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/29436.html. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

[15] "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. http://www.actionpal.org.uk/en/post/6139/action-group-for-palestinians-of-syria/member-of-fath-al-intefada-dies-in-clashes-and-free-palestine-movement-sends-its-members-to-support-the-regime-in-it. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[16] "Member of Free Palestine Movement killed in Deir ez-Zor". Action Group for Palestinians of Syria. 6 August 2017. http://www.actionpal.org.uk/en/post/5925/action-group-for-palestinians-of-syria/member-of-free-palestine-movement-killed-in-deir-ez-zor. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[17] Leith Fadel (15 May 2017). "Pro-government Assyrian forces arrive in Deir Ezzor for offensive". al-Masdar News. https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pro-government-assyrian-forces-arrive-deir-ezzor-offensive/. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[18] "Sectarian militias brought by the regime to fight in Deir al-Zour". El-Dorar Al-Shamia. 15 May 2017. http://en.eldorar.com/node/5695. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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