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East Aleppo offensive (May 2017)

Maskanah Plains offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War and Russian military intervention in Syria
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Date 9 May 2017 – 8 June 2017
(4 weeks and 2 days)
Location Eastern Aleppo Governorate and southwestern Raqqa Governorate, Syria
Result

Syrian Army victory

  • The Syrian Army captures Maskanah, Jirah Airbase and many other towns and villages
  • The Syrian army re-entered the Raqqa Governorate
Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Russia

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan Abu Musab al-Masri (Minister of War)
Abu Uday Al-Iraqi 
Units involved

Syrian Armed Forces

Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg Liwa al-Quds

Al-Baggara tribe militias
Military of ISIL
Casualties and losses
17+ killed (by 18 May) 32+ killed (by 18 May)

Syrian Army victory

Syrian Arab Republic

Russia

Syrian Armed Forces

Emblem of Liwa Al-Quds.svg Liwa al-Quds

The Maskanah Plains offensive was an operation by the Syrian Army against the remaining Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) strongholds in the eastern countryside of the Aleppo Province, with the goal of recapturing the Maskanah Plains from ISIL and advancing into the Raqqa Governorate.


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