Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014)
| Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014) | |||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Free Syrian Army Islamic Front al-Nusra FrontArmy of Mujahedeen Syria Revolutionaries Front |
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Brig. Gen. Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir (FSA Chief of Staff) Jamal Maarouf (SRF leader) Abu Mohammad al-Julani (al-Nusra Front leader) Zahran Alloush (Islamic Front Military leader) Ahmed Abu Issa (Islamic Front leader) Adnan Bakour † (Al-Tawhid Brigade leader) Abu Hussein al-Dik † (Suqour al-Sham Brigade leader) Abu Khaled al-Suri † (Ahrar ash-Sham senior leader) |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL) Abu Omar al-Shishani (Military Chief) |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 414 killed (10–11 April; 30 April – 10 June) | 267 killed (10–11 April; 30 April – 10 June) | ||||||
| 39 civilians killed (30 April – 10 June) | |||||||
Decisive ISIS victory
The Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014) was executed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS, against all other opposition forces in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate as part of the Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War.
After more than three months of heavy fighting, ISIS totally defeated the rebels and captured almost the whole province, except a part of the provincial capital, the military airport on its southern outskirts and a few of the surrounding towns, which remained under control of Syrian Arab Republic government troops, who were not involved in the inter-rebel fighting.
Protests against the Syrian government and violence has been ongoing in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor since March 2011, as part of the wider Syrian civil war, but large-scale clashes started following a military operation in late July 2011 to secure the city of Deir ez-Zor. The rebels had gradually taken control of the province until almost complete domination in mid-2013.
On 10 April 2014, ISIS launched a three-pronged assault on rebel positions in and near the border town of Abu Kamal. The ISIS reportedly took parts of the town, the silos near the town and Kabajeb. The bodies of 10 rebel fighters, allegedly executed by ISIS, were found at two different sites in Abu Kamal with more reports of the summary executions of rebels by the ISIS in the area according to the SOHR. A counter-attack by al-Nusra Front and its allies was reported the same day involving the Qadisya Brigade and the Omar al-Mukhtar Brigades against ISIS positions. On 11 April, the number of dead on both sides was raised to 86, including the brother of the ISIS Emir in Abu Kamal and the judge of a Sharia committee.
On 11 April, Jabhat al Nusra and Islamic battalions bolstered by reinforcements regained control of Abu Kamal after the ISIS was pushed out of occupied districts in less than a few hours after the takeover. ISIS pulled out to the T2 oil station on the outskirts of the city. Most of its checkpoints in the area were also removed. The SOHR confirmed the executions of seven rebel fighters belonging to the Islamic battalion during the seizure of the oil station the previous day. 26 ISIS fighters were killed in the second day of fighting with the rebel death toll rising to 60. Three Islamic fighters were also killed battling ISIS positions in the north along with one killed in Markada.
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