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Islamic State insurgency in Deir ez-Zor

Guerilla and insurgent attacks by ISIL militants

Islamic State insurgency in Deir ez-Zor
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date 21 August 2018 – present Location Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States
Strength
4,000–5,000 fighters	unknown
Casualties and losses
none	203 killed[1] 4 servicemen killed
77 civilians killed[2]

The Islamic State insurgency in Deir ez-Zor is a series of armed guerilla and insurgent attacks carried out by ISIL militants, following the defeat in the Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019) against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).^[3]

Timeline[edit]

• November 13, 2019 – IS militants in Darnaj Dery Ez Zur claimed to have captured and summarily executed an SDF militiaman with a knife
• November 13, 2019 – Deir Ezzor unknown gunmen attack one of the SDF military posts in the shaqra village in the western countryside
• November 14, 2019 – Dier Ezzor SDF patrols closed all crossings in Shuhail with SDF deployed with all equipment for all combatants along the Euphrates river in Shuhail
• November 14, 2019 – According to pro Assad media, fierce clashes have occurred between Syrian army forces and IS militants in a remote area near the T3 pump station in eastern Syrian Homs
• November 19, 2019 – IS launches an attack against the positions of pro Assad forces outside the village of Shula south of the city of Deir Ezzor

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