Operation Laylat al-Qadr

Operation Laylat al-Qadr
Part of the reactions to 2017 Tehran attacks and the Iranian involvement in the Syrian Civil War
Type	Missile strike
Location	Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria 35°1′6″N 40°27′12″E / 35.01833°N 40.45333°E / 35.01833; 40.45333
Commanded by	IRGC
Target	ISIL in Syria
Date	18 June 2017
Executed by	IRGC Aerospace Force Quds Force (intelligence gathering)[1]
Outcome	Militarily unknown
Casualties	170+ (per IRGC)[1] killed
Deir ez-Zor Location of the ISIL base hit by missiles

On 18 June 2017, under Operation Laylat al-Qadr (Persian: عملیات لیلةالقدر),^[2] Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired six surface-to-surface mid-range ballistic missile from domestic bases targeting ISIL forces in the Syrian Deir ez-Zor Governorate in response to the terrorist attacks in Tehran earlier that month.^[3] Next day, the IRGC published aerial videos recorded by the Damascus-based IRGC drones flying over the city during the operation, confirming that the missiles had successfully hit the targets with precision.^{[citation needed]}

In a statement released by IRGC in connection with the strike, they warned terrorists and "their regional and trans-regional supporters" against any new terrorist attacks on Iran. They threatened to respond with greater intensity, should Iran's security be jeopardized by its enemies again.^[4][5]