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 | |||||||
Map of areas held by the SDF (in green) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Supported by: Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army
Anti-SDF Arab tribes (2023)[6] Hurras al-Din (al-Qaeda loyalists) |
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria[lower-alpha 1]
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Thabit Sobhi Fahd Al-Ahmad †[10][11] (ISIL oil minister) Mohammed Remedan Eyd al-Talah (POW)[12] (ISIL chief financial officer) |
Mazloum Abdi (SDF commander-in-chief) Eric T. Hill[12] (SOJTF commander) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
IRGC (alleged)[14] |
Syrian Democratic Forces
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Strength | |||||||
Unknown, probably thousands[15] |
60,000–75,000 (2017 estimate)[16] c. 2,000 (2018 estimate)[17] | ||||||
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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