Deir ez-Zor offensive (January 2016)
| Deir ez-Zor offensive (January 2016) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War, Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014-present) and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
.svg) The situation in Deir ez-Zor as of 19 January 2016 Syrian Arab Army control ISIS control |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 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 †
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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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