Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016)

Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016)
Part of the Battle of Deir ez-Zor and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war

The situation in Deir ez-Zor as of 19 January 2016
  Syrian Arab Army control
  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control
Date16–21 January 2016
(5 days)
Location
Deir ez-Zor, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
35°20′00″N 40°09′00″E / 35.3333°N 40.1500°E / 35.3333; 40.1500
Result ISIL victory
Territorial
changes
  • ISIL captures the northern suburbs of Deir Ez-zor city including Al-Bughayliyah, Ayyash[2] and the Al Mari'iyah Farms[3]
Belligerents
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian Arab Republic

Russia Russian Armed Forces

Commanders and leaders
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Hamza Al-Ansari
 † (ISIL Deir ez-Zor emir)[4]
Abu Hadhefah Al-Maghrabi  †[5]
(ISIL field commander)		 Syria Lt. General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
Syria Maj. Gen. Issam Zahreddine[6]
(Republican Guard commander)
Syria Brig. Gen. Yassin Mahmoud Hamoud  †
Syria Yarob Zahreddine (Commander in 104th Airborne Brigade)
Syria Brig. Gen. Yasar Ali †[7]
Units involved

Republican Guard:

  • 104th Airborne Brigade[1]

17th Reserve Division:

  • 137th Mechanized Brigade
Strength
Up to 2,000[citation needed] 4,000[8]
Casualties and losses
110+ killed[1][9] 200 killed (48 executed)[9]
127–300 civilians killed, ≈400 civilians kidnapped[10][9]

The Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016) was an ISIL military operation, during which it took over the northern suburbs of Deir ez-Zor on 16 January 2016, and killed from 135 to 300 people, while also kidnapping about 400 others.[11]

  1. ^ a b c d Leith Fadel (19 January 2016). "Tuesday death toll for ISIS rises over 80 in Deir Ezzor". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ^ "ISIS launches a massive offensive in northwestern Deir Ezzor". Al-Masdar. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Russian Air Force pounds ISIS all over Deir Ezzor". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. ^ Leith Fadel (17 January 2016). "Top ISIS commander in Deir Ezzor killed by the Syrian Army". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. ^ "ISIS offensive in northwestern Deir Ezzor fails again". Al-Masdar. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ^ Paul Antonopoulos (20 January 2016). "General Zahreddine alive in Deir Ez-Zor (Video)". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  7. ^ Syria Casualties [@SyriaCasualties] (21 January 2017). "#DeirEzzor: General Yasar Ali killed by #ISIS in Deir ez-Zor: via @Malcolmite (679)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Fadel, Leith. Syrian Army, Hezbollah plan to liberate Deir Ezzor after Palmyra Archived 19 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Masdar News. 12 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "About 440 killed and executed during the past 5 days in Der-Ezzor". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Islamic State abducts 400 civilians in Syria, monitor says". SMH. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  11. ^ "At least 300 killed in Islamic State 'massacre' in Syrian city, state media says". Fox News. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.