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Eastern Syria insurgency
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The Eastern Syria insurgency is an armed insurgency being waged by remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and both pro and anti-Syrian government Arab nationalist insurgents, against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), its military (the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)), and their allies in the US-led Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF–OIR) coalition.
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Eastern Syria insurgency | |||||||
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Part of the Rojava conflict and the Syrian civil war | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Supported by:
Anti-SDF Arab tribes (2023)[6] ![]() |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() (ISIL oil minister) ![]() (ISIL chief financial officer) |
![]() (SDF commander-in-chief) ![]() (SOJTF commander) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
ISIL: 204+ killed, 107 captured, 161 wounded (2018)[18] |
SDF: 542 killed (vs IS; Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2021)[19] 5 killed (vs TAF; 2018)[18] Coalition: 6 killed[20][19] | ||||||
300 civilians killed (Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2021)[19] |
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