Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024)

Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024)
Part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign, 2024 Syrian opposition offensive and the Eastern Syria insurgency in the Syrian civil war

  • Map of Deir ez-Zor in Syria
  •   Controlled by the Syrian opposition
  •   Controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces
Date3–11 December 2024 (1 week and 1 day)
Location
Result Syrian opposition victory
Territorial
changes
  • SDF captures 7 villages of the "Khasham Pocket" on the east bank of the Euphrates and briefly controls Deir ez-Zor city following Syrian Army withdrawal towards Damascus.
  • HTS-led opposition forces seize the cities of Deir ez-Zor, Mayadin and Abu Kamal by 11 December.
Belligerents
Syrian Democratic Forces
Supported by:
CJTF–OIR
United States
Syrian Arab Republic 
Supported by:
Russia (until 30 November)
Iran (until 6 December)
Islamic State Syrian opposition
(since 9 December)
Units involved
Military of the Islamic State

Military Operations Command

Al-Busraya Revolutionaries
Burkan al-Furat
Casualties and losses
10 killed 12 killed
2 killed
2 killed
18 arrested (SDF claim)
Several protesters killed (allegedly)
1 civilian killed

In the days leading up to and during the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives, several military clashes involving ISIS cells, Syrian rebel forces, Ba'athist Syrian government forces, and US-led international coalition forces involving the United Kingdom, France, Jordan, Turkey, Canada, Australia, and others, occurred in Deir ez-Zor Governorate. These events prompted significant military responses from both Russian forces and Assad regime's troops.

On 3 December 2024, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by the US-led CJTF–OIR coalition, launched an offensive on pro-government forces in the eastern Deir ez-Zor region.