Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017)
| Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017) | |||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in Syria | |||||||
 SAA and ISF advances along the border |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Allied militias:  Liwa al-Quds
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan Maj. Gen. Issam Zahreddine † Ghassan Iskander Tarraf(Republican Guard)  Lt. Gen. Valery Asapov †(Syrian 5th Corps commander)  Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani
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 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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| Strength | |||||||
| Several thousand | 5,000–10,000+ | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 601+ killed | 985+ killed | ||||||
| 987 civilians killed | |||||||
Allied militias:
Hezbollah
PMF militias
Liwa Fatemiyoun
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