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Central Syria campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of Deir ez-Zor and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war | |||||||
![]() Situation in central Syria, showing advancements of the Syrian Army | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() ![]() Allied militias: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() (Operations chief commander) ![]() (Republican Guard commander) ![]() (commander of eastern Syria) ![]() (Al-Qassem commander) ![]() (Tiger Forces senior commander) ![]() (Tiger Forces commander) ![]() (Al-Baggara Sheikh) ![]() (al-Baqir Brigade commander) ![]() (IRGC commander) ![]() (Iranian-led Iraqi contingent operations commander) ![]() (Commander of Fatahin battalion) (Radwan Force commander) ![]() (Liwa Fatemiyoun commander) ![]() (Forces of the Fighters of the Tribes chief commander) ![]() (Galilee Forces commander) |
![]() (ISIL war minister, reported killed by Russia) ![]() (Deir ez-Zor emir, reported killed by Russia) ![]() ![]() (Hisbah police chief) ![]() (ISIL top commander of Hama Governate) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
50,000 (pro-government claim)[37] | Several thousand fighters | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1,394 killed[43] | ||||||
190 civilians killed[44][45][46][47] |
The Central Syria campaign, known as "Operation Khuzam", or "Lavender",[48] was a large-scale military operation of the Syrian Army (SAA) against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Syrian Civil War. Its goal was to capture the strategic oil town of Al-Sukhnah, and besiege and capture 11,000 square kilometers of ISIL territory in central Syria,[49][50] after which the Syrian Army would advance towards Deir ez-Zor,[51] and lift the three-year ISIL siege of the government's enclave in the city.[52][53] Afterwards, the Syrian Army advanced towards the Islamic State's then-capital of Mayadin.[54]
The campaign was concurrent with the Raqqa campaign conducted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State's former capital city and stronghold in Syria, Raqqa. In addition, the SDF launched their own offensive in mid-September south along the Euphrates River, after Syrian government forces reached Deir ez-Zor city.
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