Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016)
| Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016) | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Islamic State | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Ruqayya al-Ansari 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 | |||||||||
| Military of ISIL |
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| Strength | |||||||||
| Up to 2,000 | 4,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 110+ killed | 200 killed (48 executed) | ||||||||
| 127–300 civilians killed, ≈400 civilians kidnapped | |||||||||
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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.