Maskanah Plains offensive

For the previous offensives, see East Aleppo offensive (2015–16) and East Aleppo offensive (2017).

Maskanah Plains offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
Date9 May 2017[1] – 8 June 2017
(4 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Eastern Aleppo Governorate and southwestern Raqqa Governorate, Syria
Result

Syrian Army victory

Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Russia[1]

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan Abu Musab al-Masri †
(Minister of War)[5]
Abu Uday Al-Iraqi †[2]
Units involved

Syrian Armed Forces

Liwa al-Quds[6]
Al-Baggara tribe militias[6][7]		 Military of ISIL
Casualties and losses
156–184 killed (10 May–30 June)[8] 32+ killed (by 18 May)[9]

The Maskanah Plains offensive was an operation by the Syrian Army against the remaining Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) strongholds in the eastern countryside of the Aleppo Province, with the goal of recapturing the Maskanah Plains from ISIL and advancing into the Raqqa Governorate.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference restarts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ "Breaking: Syrian Army liberates Maskanah, ISIL expelled from Aleppo". 3 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ^ "ISIS on its last legs as Syrian Army liberates six villages in rural Raqqa – Map update". 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Syrian army says senior Islamic State militant killed". Reuters. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Tomson, Chris (10 May 2017). "Syrian Army, Palestinian militia dislodge ISIS from strategic town in east Aleppo". Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Syrian tribal leader Nawaf al-Bashir rejoins Assad regime after years of supporting rebels - ARA News". 5 February 2017. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ^ Waters, Gregory (3 October 2018). "Fifteen Months of Death: Pro-Government Casualties of the Syrian Civil War". bellingcat. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  9. ^ "About 50 members of the regime forces and the "Islamic State" organization were killed during the advancement operation towards the last ISIS-controlled town in Aleppo province".