Siege

Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017)

14 Feb 2017 · 35.15° N, 40.27° E

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14 Feb 2017
Kind
Siege
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35.15° N, 40.27° E
Description
2017 military operation

Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017)

Military operation

The Deir ez-Zor offensive was a military operation launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Syrian Armed Forces, to capture the city of Deir ez-Zor, on 14 January 2017. The offensive came amid the group losing large amounts of territory in the Raqqa offensive as well as the Turkish military intervention in Syria, while Iraqi forces were advancing in its Iraq headquarters in Mosul.

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