Maskanah Plains offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War and Russian military intervention in Syria | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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 † |
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Units involved | |||||||
Al-Baggara tribe militias | Military of ISIL | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
17+ killed (by 18 May) | 32+ killed (by 18 May) |
Syrian Army victory
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.