2014 Eastern Syria offensive

2014 Eastern Syria Offensive

Territorial control and after the offensive.
(Broken line denotes frontlines prior to the offensive)

Syrian Army control Opposition control (including al-Qaeda in the Levant) Kurdish control Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Ongoing confrontation or unclear situation

Date

23 July – 28 August 2014
(1 month and 4 days)

Location

Eastern Syria

Result

ISIL victory in Ar-Raqqah province; Indecisive result in Al-Hasakah province; Syrian Army victory in Aleppo province

ISIL captures Division 17, Brigade 93, Artillery Regiment 121 and Al-Tabqa airbase
Army recaptures five villages to the south of Al-Hasakah city and repels attack on Kwayres air base
Shared control of Al-Hasakah city between government and Kurdish forces is established
Army repels three ISIL attacks on Al-Tabqa airbase before retreating from the base

Belligerents

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian Armed Forces

Syrian Kurdistan

Commanders and leaders

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Caliph of ISIL)
Abu Omar al-Shishani
(ISIL general military commander)
Amer al-Rafdan
(ISIL governor of Deir ez-Zor)
Ali Moussa al-Shawakh
(Army of Raqqa commander)
Abu Osama al-Tunisi
(Army of Aleppo commander)

Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti
(Knights Battalion commander)

Brig. General Suleiman Dhaher
(commander of Division 17)
Brig. General Hasham al-Sha'arani †
(Division 17)
General Mozid Salama
(commander of Artillery Regiment 121)
Sipan Hemo
(YPG commander-in-chief)