2017 Euphrates Crossing offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Syria campaign and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() (Operations chief commander) ![]() (104th Airborne Brigade of Republican Guard) ![]() (Syrian 5th Corps commander)[5] | Unknown | ||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
![]() ![]() | 300+ killed (SAA claim; 29 Sep. – 13 Oct.)[11] |
The 2017 Euphrates Crossing offensive was a military offensive launched by the Syrian Arab Army against members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, following the breaking of the three-year siege of the city of Deir ez-Zor. The Euphrates Crossing offensive, conducted by government troops, was done with the aim of denying US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the US itself leverage over the Syrian government.[12]
The offensive was concurrent with the two SDF offensives, the Battle of Raqqa and the northern Deir ez-Zor offensive, as well the Hawija Offensive in Iraq.
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