Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017)

Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017)
	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 2017 Syrian Government control control Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Date	14 January – 14 February 2017; (1 month)
Location	Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
Result	ISIL victory ISIL cut the road to Deir ez-Zor Airport, splitting the government-held areas of Deir ez-Zor into two parts;
Belligerents
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Arab Republic; Russia
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Deir ez-Zor ISIL emir †	Issam Zahreddine ; Mohammad Khaddour
Units involved
Military of ISIL Wilayat al-Khair;	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Arab Army Republican Guard: 104th Airborne Brigade; ; 17th Reserve Division: 137th Mechanized Brigade; 121st Artilley Regiment; ; ; Syrian Arab Air Force; National Defense Forces; Russian Armed Forces Russian Air Force;
Strength
14,000 (pro-government claim)	4,000 Syrian soldiers
Casualties and losses
241 killed (per SOHR); 500 killed (per SAA)	127 killed (per SOHR)
	Hundreds of civilians killed (per SOHR)

The Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017) was a military operation launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Syrian Armed Forces, to capture the city of Deir ez-Zor, on 14 January 2017. The offensive came amid the group losing large amounts of territory in the Raqqa offensive as well as the Turkish military intervention in Syria, while Iraqi forces were advancing in its Iraq headquarters in Mosul. It ended with the city being split into two parts.

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