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Eastern Syria insurgency
Part of the Rojava conflict and the Syrian civil war

Map of areas held by the SDF (in green)
Date11 October 2017[9] – present
(6 years, 7 months and 3 days)
Location
Portions of eastern Syria
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

Eastern Syria insurgency Islamic State

  • Wilayat al-Sham

Eastern Syria insurgency Syrian government loyalists

  • Popular Resistance of the Eastern Region
  • Popular Resistance in Hasakah
  • Popular Resistance in Manbij

Supported by:
Eastern Syria insurgency Syria
Eastern Syria insurgency Iran (alleged)[1]

Eastern Syria insurgency Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army

  • Harakat al-Qiyam
  • Eastern Syria insurgency Ahrar al-Sharqiya
    • Gathering of the Eastern Martyrs
  • Revolutionaries in the Land of Deir ez-Zor
    • Special Tasks Battalion
  • Pro-opposition tribes[2][3][4]

Anti-SDF Arab tribes (2023)[5]

Eastern Syria insurgency Hurras al-Din (al-Qaeda loyalists)

Eastern Syria insurgency Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria[a]

  • Eastern Syria insurgency Syrian Democratic Forces
  • Eastern Syria insurgency Self-Defence Forces (HXP)
  • Eastern Syria insurgency Internal Security Forces (Asayish)
  • Pro-SDF Arab tribes

CJTF–OIR

  • Eastern Syria insurgency United States
  • France France[6][7]
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom[8]
Eastern Syria insurgency Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, claimed by Turkey, ISIL and the Popular Resistance)
Commanders and leaders
Eastern Syria insurgency Thabit Sobhi Fahd Al-Ahmad †[10][11]
(ISIL oil minister)
Eastern Syria insurgency Mohammed Remedan Eyd al-Talah (POW)[12]
(ISIL chief financial officer)		 Eastern Syria insurgency Mazloum Abdi
(SDF commander-in-chief)
Eastern Syria insurgency Eric T. Hill[12]
(SOJTF commander)
Units involved

Eastern Syria insurgency Military of ISIL

  • Insurgent forces
    • Army of the Security Forces[13]
  • Sleeper cells[12]
Iran IRGC (alleged)[14]

Eastern Syria insurgency Syrian Democratic Forces

  • YPG
  • YPJ
  • Anti-Terror Units[12]

CJTF–OIR

  • Special Operations Joint Task Force (SOJTF)[12]
Strength
Eastern Syria insurgency Unknown, probably thousands[15] Eastern Syria insurgency 60,000–75,000 (2017 estimate)[16]
United States c. 2,000 (2018 estimate)[17]
Casualties and losses
ISIL: 204+ killed, 107 captured, 161 wounded (2018)[18] SDF: 542 killed (vs IS; Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2021)[19]
5 killed (vs TAF; 2018)[18]
Coalition: 6 killed[20][19]
300 civilians killed (Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2021)[19]

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference outpacing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.
  5. ^ "Several killed in fighting between SDF and tribesmen in eastern Syria". aljazeera.com. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  6. ^ "France to continue military operation in Syria and Iraq in 2019, Macron says". January 17, 2019.
  7. ^ Rempfer, Kyle (May 3, 2018). "US, French troops seen conducting joint patrol in Manbij, Syria". Military Times.
  8. ^ Kerbaj, Tim Ripley and Richard (27 September 2023). "SAS among special forces fighting in Syria, MoD admits" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  9. ^ Schoenborn, Trent (May 18, 2018). "The Qiyam Phenomenon: Analysis of Syria's Harakat al-Qiyam".
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference oil minister was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Islamic State oil minister 'killed' in Syrian hideout". Baladi-News. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference financial officer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference voa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference desert-based was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference sights was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ 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
  19. ^ a b c Security chaos in Deir Ezzor | Former SDF fighter and ex-ISIS member assassinated, while clashes among oil smugglers leave four injured
  20. ^ "American service member, British armed forces member killed in Syria". www.cbsnews.com. 30 March 2018.


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