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The Deir Ez Zor district remained one of the few Syrian Government strongholds in eastern Syria for more than two years. ISIS militants launched an offensive in May 2015 , capturing Palmyra and cutting off the remaining supply line to Deir ez-Zor. [ 53 ]
The Syrian opposition managed to advance into the Homs Governorate heading east in the direction of Deir ez-Zor by early December. [16] At the same time, the US-backed Free Syrian Army from the Al-Tanf area managed to capture Palmyra on 7 December.
Syrian and Russian forces withdrawal from Deir ez-Zor; SDF completely take over the city of Deir ez-Zor [4] SDF captures the 7 villages of the "Khasham Pocket" on the east bank of the Euphrates, [5] Opposition forces present in the city of Deir ez-Zor [6] Fall of the Assad regime; Surrender of the Syrian Armed Forces and Allies.
On 30 November 2012, Syrian troops withdrew from Omar oil field, one of the last regime positions east of Deir ez-Zor city near the Iraqi border. This meant that the rebels controlled the country's major fields. This happened after Syrian troops lost the Conoco gas reserve on 27 November. The insurgents took control of an oil field for the ...
Starting on 27 August 2023, an escalation of violence occurred across Deir ez-Zor Governorate in eastern Syria. The clashes began after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is the military force of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) arrested the military commander of Deir ez-Zor Military Council known by the name of Abu Khawla, accusing him of corruption and ...
The Deir ez-Zor campaign, [71] codenamed the al-Jazeera Storm campaign, [40] was a military operation launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria's Deir ez-Zor Governorate in 2017 during the Syrian Civil War with the goal of capturing territory in eastern Syria, particularly east and north of the Euphrates river. [40]
The Deir ez-Zor offensive was a military operation launched by the Syrian Armed Forces to completely expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the city of Deir ez-Zor, a provincial capital, located on the banks of the Euphrates river. From 2014 until 2017, the city had been divided into Syrian government and ISIL-controlled halves.
The Deir ez-Zor offensive (2018) was launched by the Islamic State against government-held areas throughout the Deir ez-Zor Governorate of Eastern Syria. During the offensive, on 8 June, ISIL managed to penetrate the city of Abu Kamal, capturing several parts of it.