Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014)
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The Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014) was executed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS, against all other opposition forces in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate as part of the Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War.
Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014) | |||||||
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Part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign and inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Islamic State |
al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Army of Mujahedeen Free Syrian Army Syria Revolutionaries Front Liwa al-Qadisiyah Liwa 'Umar al-Mukhtar | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL) Abu Omar al-Shishani (Military Chief) Abu Ayman al-Iraqi (Governor of Deir ez-Zor) |
Brig. Gen. Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir (FSA Chief of Staff) Jamal Maarouf (SRF Leader) Abu Mohammad al-Julani (al-Nusra Front Leader) Zahran Alloush (Islamic Front Military Leader) Ahmed Abu Issa (Islamic Front Leader) Adnan Bakour †[1] (Al-Tawhid Brigade Leader) Abu Hussein al-Dik †[1] (Suqour al-Sham Brigade Leader) Abu Khaled al-Suri †[2] (Ahrar ash-Sham senior leader) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
267 killed (10–11 April; 30 April – 10 June)[3][4] | 414 killed (10–11 April; 30 April – 10 June)[3][4] | ||||||
39 civilians killed (30 April – 10 June)[4] |
After more than three months of heavy fighting, ISIS totally defeated the rebels and captured almost the whole province, except a part of the provincial capital, the military airport on its southern outskirts and a few of the surrounding towns, which remained under control of Syrian Arab Republic government troops, who were not involved in the inter-rebel fighting.