Eastern Syria insurgency

Eastern Syria insurgency
	Part of the Rojava conflict and the Syrian civil war
	; Map of areas held by the SDF (in green)
Date	11 October 2017 – present; (6 years, 6 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Portions of eastern Syria
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Islamic State Wilayat al-Sham; Syrian government loyalists Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region; Popular Resistance in Hasakah; Popular Resistance in Manbij; Supported by:; Syria; Iran (alleged) Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army Harakat al-Qiyam; Ahrar al-Sharqiya Gathering of the Eastern Martyrs; ; Revolutionaries in the Land of Deir ez-Zor Special Tasks Battalion; ; Pro-opposition tribes; Anti-SDF Arab tribes (2023) Hurras al-Din (al-Qaeda loyalists)	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Syrian Democratic Forces; Self-Defence Forces (HXP); Internal Security Forces (Asayish); Pro-SDF Arab tribes; CJTF–OIR United States; France; United Kingdom; Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, claimed by Turkey, ISIL and the Popular Resistance)
Commanders and leaders
Thabit Sobhi Fahd Al-Ahmad †; (ISIL oil minister); Mohammed Remedan Eyd al-Talah (POW); (ISIL chief financial officer)	Mazloum Abdi; (SDF commander-in-chief); Eric T. Hill; (SOJTF commander)
Units involved
Military of ISIL Insurgent forces Army of the Security Forces; ; Sleeper cells; IRGC (alleged)	Syrian Democratic Forces YPG; YPJ; Anti-Terror Units; CJTF–OIR Special Operations Joint Task Force (SOJTF);
Strength
Unknown, probably thousands	60,000–75,000 (2017 estimate); c. 2,000 (2018 estimate)
Casualties and losses
ISIL: 204+ killed, 107 captured, 161 wounded (2018)	SDF: 542 killed (vs IS; Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2021); 5 killed (vs TAF; 2018); Coalition: 6 killed
	300 civilians killed (Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2021)

The Eastern Syria insurgency is an armed insurgency being waged by remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and both pro and anti-Syrian government Arab nationalist insurgents, against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), its military (the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)), and their allies in the US-led Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF–OIR) coalition.

^ Cite error: The named reference outpacing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Torture-Killings in Manbij Inflame Tensions Between SDF and Local Tribes". Syrianobserver.com. 18 January 2018.
^ "Syrian Arab tribes call on Turkish forces to intervene against Kurdish YPG". Ahvalnews.com.
^ "Syrian tribes vow 'popular resistance' against PKK/PYD". Aa.com.tr.
^ "Several killed in fighting between SDF and tribesmen in eastern Syria". aljazeera.com. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ "France to continue military operation in Syria and Iraq in 2019, Macron says". January 17, 2019.
^ Rempfer, Kyle (May 3, 2018). "US, French troops seen conducting joint patrol in Manbij, Syria". Military Times.
^ Kerbaj, Tim Ripley and Richard (27 September 2023). "SAS among special forces fighting in Syria, MoD admits" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
^ Schoenborn, Trent (May 18, 2018). "The Qiyam Phenomenon: Analysis of Syria's Harakat al-Qiyam".
^ Cite error: The named reference oil minister was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Islamic State oil minister 'killed' in Syrian hideout". Baladi-News. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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^ Assad Al Mohammad (November 2019). "The Islamic State's effort to co-opt Tanzim Hurras ad-Din" (PDF). Program on Extremism: The George Washington University.
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^ Rashid, Bedir Mulla (2018) [1st pub. 2017]. Military and Security Structures of the Autonomous Administration in Syria. Translated by Obaida Hitto. Istanbul: Omran for Strategic Studies. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01.
^ Cite error: The named reference sights was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Results of battles and resistance of YPG throughout 2018 Archived 2019-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
YPG: 2422 Turkish soldiers and mercenaries killed in 2018
^ ^a ^b ^c Security chaos in Deir Ezzor | Former SDF fighter and ex-ISIS member assassinated, while clashes among oil smugglers leave four injured
^ "American service member, British armed forces member killed in Syria". www.cbsnews.com. 30 March 2018.

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[2] "Torture-Killings in Manbij Inflame Tensions Between SDF and Local Tribes". Syrianobserver.com. 18 January 2018.

[3] "Syrian Arab tribes call on Turkish forces to intervene against Kurdish YPG". Ahvalnews.com.

[4] "Syrian tribes vow 'popular resistance' against PKK/PYD". Aa.com.tr.

[sdf-tribesmen-5] "Several killed in fighting between SDF and tribesmen in eastern Syria". aljazeera.com. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[7] "France to continue military operation in Syria and Iraq in 2019, Macron says". January 17, 2019.

[8] Rempfer, Kyle (May 3, 2018). "US, French troops seen conducting joint patrol in Manbij, Syria". Military Times.

[9] Kerbaj, Tim Ripley and Richard (27 September 2023). "SAS among special forces fighting in Syria, MoD admits" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.

[auto1-10] Schoenborn, Trent (May 18, 2018). "The Qiyam Phenomenon: Analysis of Syria's Harakat al-Qiyam".

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[12] "Islamic State oil minister 'killed' in Syrian hideout". Baladi-News. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

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[14] Assad Al Mohammad (November 2019). "The Islamic State's effort to co-opt Tanzim Hurras ad-Din" (PDF). Program on Extremism: The George Washington University.

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[military_and_security_structures-17] Rashid, Bedir Mulla (2018) [1st pub. 2017]. Military and Security Structures of the Autonomous Administration in Syria. Translated by Obaida Hitto. Istanbul: Omran for Strategic Studies. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01.

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[2018balance-19] Results of battles and resistance of YPG throughout 2018 Archived 2019-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
YPG: 2422 Turkish soldiers and mercenaries killed in 2018

[syriahr-20] Security chaos in Deir Ezzor | Former SDF fighter and ex-ISIS member assassinated, while clashes among oil smugglers leave four injured

[21] "American service member, British armed forces member killed in Syria". www.cbsnews.com. 30 March 2018.

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