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Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–14)

2011–2014 Deir ez-Zor clashes
Part of the Syrian Civil War
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Situation in Deir ez-Zor in March 2014

     Syrian Government control

     Opposition control
Date 26 November 2011 – 10 April 2014
(2 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Result

Stalemate and ISIL offensive:

  • Rebels capture Abu Kamal, Mayadin, al-Busayrah, Hajin, al-Tabni and al-Kubar
  • Rebels besiege the Deir ez-Zor airport
  • By May 2013, rebels controlled about half of Deir Ez-Zor city while the Syrian Arab Army controlled the military installations of Deir al-Zor and most of al-Thayem oil field
  • The Syrian Army launched a counter-attack on the previously lost positions later in 2013
  • By December 2013, nearly all of the oil fields in the province had fallen under rebel control
  • On 10 February 2014, ISIS retreated from Deir ez-Zor city, only to launch a large-scale offensive in the province two months later
Belligerents

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas (rebel claim)

Syria Free Syrian Army/SNC-aligned units
Syria Mujahideen and Islamists

  • Harakat Abna’ al-Islam
  • Jaysh Ahl as-Sunna wa-l-Jama’a
  • Jabhat al-Jihad wal-Bina’ al-Islamiyya

Radical jihadists

Supported by:
al-Okaidat clan (majority) 		Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Islamic State of Iraq until April 2013)
Supported by:
al-Bakkir clan
al-Okaidat clan (minority)
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Issam Zahreddine
(Republican Guard Brigade 104 commander)
Maj. Gen. Jameh Jameh †
(Head of Deir ez-Zor Military Intelligence)
Kifah Moulhem
(Battalion commander) 		Syria Mohammad Abboud
(SNC commander for eastern Syria)
Abu Alaith
(Liwa Ahfad Mohammad commander)
Abu Mohammad al-Julani
(leader of al-Nusra Front)
Abu Maria Al-Qahtani
(Sharia leader for al-Nusra Front)
Abu Salam Tabsah
(al-Nusra Front commander)
Mohammad al-Chati "Abu Hamza" †
(leader of Liwa al-Fatihoun min Ard ash-Sham) 		Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Caliph of ISIL)
Amer al-Rafdan
(ISIL prefect of Deir ez-Zor)
Ali Kmaz †
(ISIL field commander)
Units involved
See Units See Units Military of ISIL
Strength
9,000 soldiers and policemen, 150+ tanks 17,000 fighters (opposition claim, all withdrawn) 3,000+ fighters

     Syrian Government control

Stalemate and ISIL offensive:

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Syria Free Syrian Army/SNC-aligned units
Syria Mujahideen and Islamists


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