Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016)

Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016)
	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 2016 Syrian Arab Army control Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control
Date	16–21 January 2016; (5 days)
Location	Deir ez-Zor, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria35°20′00″N 40°09′00″E / 35.3333°N 40.1500°E
Result	ISIL victory
Territorial; changes	ISIL captures the northern suburbs of Deir Ez-zor city including Al-Bughayliyah, Ayyash and the Al Mari'iyah Farms;
Belligerents
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Army; Syrian Arab Air Force; National Defense Forces; Shaitat tribe; Russian Armed Forces Russian Air Force;
Commanders and leaders
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; Abu Hamza Al-Ansari; † (ISIL Deir ez-Zor emir); Abu Hadhefah Al-Maghrabi †; (ISIL field commander)	Lt. General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub; Maj. Gen. Issam Zahreddine; (Republican Guard commander); Brig. Gen. Yassin Mahmoud Hamoud †; Yarob Zahreddine (Commander in 104th Airborne Brigade); Brig. Gen. Yasar Ali †
Units involved
	Republican Guard: 104th Airborne Brigade; 17th Reserve Division: 137th Mechanized Brigade;
Strength
Up to 2,000[citation needed]	4,000
Casualties and losses
110+ killed	200 killed (48 executed)
	127–300 civilians killed, ≈400 civilians kidnapped

The Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016) was an ISIL military operation, during which it took over the northern suburbs of Deir ez-Zor on 16 January 2016, and killed from 135 to 300 people, while also kidnapping about 400 others.^[11]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Leith Fadel (19 January 2016). "Tuesday death toll for ISIS rises over 80 in Deir Ezzor". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
^ "ISIS launches a massive offensive in northwestern Deir Ezzor". Al-Masdar. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^ "Russian Air Force pounds ISIS all over Deir Ezzor". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
^ Leith Fadel (17 January 2016). "Top ISIS commander in Deir Ezzor killed by the Syrian Army". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
^ "ISIS offensive in northwestern Deir Ezzor fails again". Al-Masdar. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ Paul Antonopoulos (20 January 2016). "General Zahreddine alive in Deir Ez-Zor (Video)". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
^ Syria Casualties [@SyriaCasualties] (21 January 2017). "#DeirEzzor: General Yasar Ali killed by #ISIS in Deir ez-Zor: via @Malcolmite (679)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Fadel, Leith. Syrian Army, Hezbollah plan to liberate Deir Ezzor after Palmyra Archived 19 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Masdar News. 12 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "About 440 killed and executed during the past 5 days in Der-Ezzor". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
^ "Islamic State abducts 400 civilians in Syria, monitor says". SMH. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ "At least 300 killed in Islamic State 'massacre' in Syrian city, state media says". Fox News. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

[tuesday-1] Leith Fadel (19 January 2016). "Tuesday death toll for ISIS rises over 80 in Deir Ezzor". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

[2] "ISIS launches a massive offensive in northwestern Deir Ezzor". Al-Masdar. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[ReferenceA-3] "Russian Air Force pounds ISIS all over Deir Ezzor". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

[Abu_Hamza-4] Leith Fadel (17 January 2016). "Top ISIS commander in Deir Ezzor killed by the Syrian Army". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

[5] "ISIS offensive in northwestern Deir Ezzor fails again". Al-Masdar. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[6] Paul Antonopoulos (20 January 2016). "General Zahreddine alive in Deir Ez-Zor (Video)". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

[7] Syria Casualties [@SyriaCasualties] (21 January 2017). "#DeirEzzor: General Yasar Ali killed by #ISIS in Deir ez-Zor: via @Malcolmite (679)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[amn-palmyra-8] Fadel, Leith. Syrian Army, Hezbollah plan to liberate Deir Ezzor after Palmyra Archived 19 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Masdar News. 12 March 2016.

[shr-9] "About 440 killed and executed during the past 5 days in Der-Ezzor". Retrieved 21 January 2016.

[400civilians-10] "Islamic State abducts 400 civilians in Syria, monitor says". SMH. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[foxnews-11] "At least 300 killed in Islamic State 'massacre' in Syrian city, state media says". Fox News. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

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