2017 Southern Raqqa offensive

For the previous offensives, see East Aleppo offensive (2015–16), Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016), and East Aleppo offensive (2017).
2017 Southern Raqqa offensive
Part of Russian military intervention in Syria and the Syrian Civil War

Situation in central Syria between 13 and 30 June. The Southern Raqqa offensive is shown at the top of the map
Date13–30 June 2017
(2 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Southwestern Raqqa Governorate and southern Aleppo Governorate Syria
Result

Major Syrian Army victory[1]

  • Syrian Armed Forces recapture entire road between Resafa and Ithriya from ISIL[2]
  • ISIL forces expelled from Aleppo Governorate[2]
Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Russia

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan
(Operations chief commander)
Ali Adra †[3]
Tiger Forces commander)		 Unknown
Units involved

Syrian Armed Forces

Liwa al-Quds[4]

Al-Baggara tribe militias[4]

Military of ISIL

  • Wilayat Aleppo (until 30 June 2017)
  • Wilayat Raqqa
Casualties and losses
183–333 killed[5] Unknown

The 2017 Southern Raqqa offensive was an operation by the Syrian Army against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the southwestern countryside of the Raqqa Province.

  1. ^ "In pictures: Tiger Forces veterans return to Qamhana after Aleppo, Raqqa operation". 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "After it used to control more than half of it… ISIS is out of Aleppo province". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 30 June 2017.
  3. ^ ""Al-Nemer" Suhail Hassan loses three Prominent commanders". Al-Dorar Al-Shamia. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Fifteen Months of Death: Pro-Government Casualties of the Syrian Civil War