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Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign

The Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign of the Syrian civil war consists of several battles and offensives fought across the governorate of Syria:

Order of battle

Pro-government forces

Ba'athist Syria

<small>(since 2015)</small>

<small>(since 2013)</small>

PMF-affiliated militias

<small>(since 2017, against ISIS only)</small>

Other armed groups:

Rebel forces

Free Syrian Army/SNC-aligned units

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.

  • 3rd Infantry Division
  • 4th Infantry Division
  • 5th Commando Division
  • 7th Division
  • 11th Division
  • Liwa Jund al-Rahman
  • Liwa Chouhada' Deïr ez-Zor
  • Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade
  • Liwa al-Khadra'
  • Liwa al-Abbas
  • Liwa al-Qadisiya
  • Liwa al-Muhajirin ila Allah
  • Lions of Al Jazeera
  • Retribution Army
  • Al-Tawhid Brigade
Mujahideen and Islamists

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.

  • Harakat Abna' al-Islam
  • Jaysh Al-Tawhid (also member of the Syrian Islamic Front)
  • Kata'ib al-Ansar
  • Kata'ib al-Sa’iqa
  • Jaysh Ahl as-Sunna wa-l-Jama’a (formed from former Authenticity and Development Front member groups)
  • Liwa al-Athar
  • Liwa Usud as-Sunna
  • Liwa Ahl al-Raya
  • Jabhat al-Jihad wal-Bina' al-Islamiyya (under command of the Islamic Court of Deir ez-Zor)
  • Liwa Jaf’ar al-Tayyar
  • Liwa la Ilaha illa Allah
  • Liwa al-Hawaz, Liwa Ibn Qiam
  • Liwa al-Risalla
  • Liwa al-Tawhid al-Islami
  • Liwa Othman bin Afan
  • Liwa Ahfad Mohammad
  • Liwa Sarayat al-Rasoul
  • Liwa Sadiq al-Amin
  • Tajamm’u al-Rachidin
  • Brigade of al-Qaka
Radical jihadists

Besides 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.

SDF forces and allies

<small>(since 2016)</small>

International Freedom Battalion (IFB)

Foreign support:

Pro-ISIS forces

(IS)

  • Military of ISIS
  • Wilayat al-Khayr <small>(until 2018)</small>
  • Wilayat al-Sham <small>(since 2018)</small>
  • al-Barakah district <small>(2016–2019)</small>
  • al-Khayr district <small>(2018–19)</small>
  • al-Furat district <small>(2018–19)</small>

References