2017 Abu Kamal offensive
| 2017 Abu Kamal offensive | |||||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Syria campaign and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war | |||||||||
SAA and ISF advances along the border | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Allied militias: Hezbollah PMF militias Liwa Fatemiyoun Liwa al-Quds | Islamic State | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (possibly) Abu Ruqayya al-Ansari Hani Al-Thalji † (field commander) Abu Munzer Al-Shishani † (field commander) Abu Mohammad Al-Safi † (field commander) | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
Syrian Arab Air Force
| Military of the Islamic State | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Several thousand
| 5,000–10,000+ | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 376+ killed | 352+ killed | ||||||||
| 269 civilians killed | |||||||||
The 2017 Abu Kamal offensive, codenamed Operation Fajr-3 (translated Operation Dawn 3), was a military offensive launched by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies against members of the Islamic State (IS) in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. The aim of the offensive was to capture IS's last urban stronghold in Syria, the border town of Abu Kamal. This offensive was a part of the larger Eastern Syria campaign.
The offensive took place at the same time as the Western Iraq campaign, which was aimed at recapturing the IS-held border town of Al-Qa'im and the rest of western Iraq.