Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present)
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The Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present) is a campaign waged by Syrian government forces and their allies, including Iran and Russia, against the remaining forces of the Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian Desert region.
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Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present) | |||||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War and Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Syria Russia Iran Iraq Allied militias: Hezbollah Palestinian Syrian militias | Islamic State | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Unknown | Abu Abdallah Sheikh Qaduli (Top IS commander in the Syrian Desert)[5] | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Syria:
Military Intelligence Directorate Palestinian Syrian militias Russian Air Force[7]Popular Mobilization Forces[11] | Military of ISIL | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Unknown number of SAA soldiers 3,850+ IRGC-led fighters[12] |
2,000–3,000[13] 300 reinforcements (Feb. 2019)[14] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
776 killed (2018 IS offensive)[15] 9 killed (2018 IS offensive)[15] 3,150 killed (24 March 2019- April 2024)[16][17] 323 killed (since 24 March 2019- April 2024)[16] 76 killed (24 March 2019-April 2024)[18][16] Total: 4,334+ killed |
138 killed (2018 IS offensive)[15] 1,259 killed (24 March 2019- April 2024)[16] Total: 1,397+ killed | ||||||||
161 civilians killed by IS (24 March 2019- August 2023)[19][17] Total: 5,731+ killed |
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