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The Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign of the Syrian civil war consists of several battles and offensives fought across the governorate of Syria:
| Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
.svg) Map of Syria with Deir ez-Zor Governorate highlighted. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Syrian government Hezbollah PMF-affiliated militias Iran Russia (2015–2017) Iraq (2017–2019) |
 Rojava (2016–2019) Iraq (2018–19) CJTF–OIR (2017–2019) |
 Islamic State |
Tahrir al-Sham (2019)[3] | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Syrian Armed Forces
Syrian Army
Syrian Air Force
National Defence Forces
Russian Armed Forces
Russian Ground Forces
Russian Navy PMF-affiliated militias
Iraq (since 2017, against ISIS only)
Other armed groups:
Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas (2011–14, rebel claim)[14]
Syrian Resistance
Palestinian groups
Sootoro[20][21]
Free Syrian Army/SNC-aligned units[22]The rebel units in eastern Syria were originally largely independent and unorganized, until many accepted the authority of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (SNC) in late 2012. The authority of the SNC remained mostly nominal, however, and by late 2013 this alliance already began to disintegrate again.[22]
Over time, several units left the SNC alliance due to differences, and formed new, often more Islamist coalitions. Nevertheless, these new alliances generally remained allied with the council.
Radical jihadistsBesides the SNC and the allied Islamist coalitions, there were also number of radical jihadist groups active in Deir ez-Zor; though they normally also cooperated with other, more moderate rebels, they also worked with the Islamic State, especially in Deir ez-Zor's hinterland.[28][22]
Al-Nusra Front[29][22][28]
Ahrar al-Sham[22] Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (since 2016)
Syrian Democratic Forces
People's Protection Units (YPG)
Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
Deir ez-Zor Military Council
Al-Sanadid Forces[33]
Manbij Military Council[34]
Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion[35]
Army of Revolutionaries[37]
Northern Democratic Brigade[37]
Syriac Military Council (MFS)[38]
Nattoreh[40]
International Freedom Battalion (IFB)
Foreign support:
CJTF–OIR
United States
United Kingdom[46]
Royal Air Force[47]
British Army
France[50]
Netherlands
Denmark (2016)
Australia (2016)
Iraq (minor cross border support since 2018, against ISIS only)[55]
Russia (air support since 2018, against ISIS only)[57]
Islamic State (IS)
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