Maskanah Plains offensive
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For the previous offensives, see East Aleppo offensive (2015–16) and East Aleppo offensive (2017).
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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Maskanah Plains offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
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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)[5] Abu Uday Al-Iraqi †[2] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Liwa al-Quds[6] Al-Baggara tribe militias[6][7] | Military of ISIL | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
156–184 killed (10 May–30 June)[8] | 32+ killed (by 18 May)[9] |
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