Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017)

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The Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) was a prolonged and strategically crucial battle of the Syrian Civil War in which Islamic State forces encircled and repeatedly attacked Syrian government–held districts of the city until the siege was broken by the Syrian Army and its allies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Syrian civil war
military siege
airOperations Russian airstrikes in support of Syrian government forces
Syrian Air Force strikes on Islamic State positions
belligerentControl Islamic State-held surrounding countryside
Syrian government-held western districts of Deir ez-Zor
casualties thousands of military and civilian casualties
characteristic air resupply of besieged garrison
encirclement of government-held districts
prolonged urban combat
repeated Islamic State assaults
combatant Hezbollah
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

National Defence Forces (Syria)
Russian Armed Forces
Syrian Arab Army
Syria
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
conflict Syrian Civil War
surface form: Syrian civil war
conflictTheater Eastern Syria
conflictType siege warfare
urban warfare
country Syria
endTime 2017
followedBy Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Syrian government offensive in Deir ez-Zor Governorate (2017)
hasPart Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Battle to break the siege of Deir ez-Zor (2017)
humanitarianImpact reliance on airdropped humanitarian aid
severe shortages of food and medicine in besieged areas
location Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor
surface form: Deir ez-Zor Governorate
notableCommander Islamic State provinces (wilayat)
surface form: Islamic State local emirs (various)

Issam Zahreddine
notableEvent Islamic State attempts to split government-held pockets
breaking of siege by advancing Syrian Army column from Sukhnah direction in 2017
opponent Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian Arab Army
partOf Syrian Civil War
surface form: Syrian civil war
precededBy Islamic State offensive in eastern Syria (2014)
result Syrian government victory
siege broken by Syrian Army and allies
startTime 2014
strategicImportance access to eastern Syrian oil fields
control of Deir ez-Zor city
control of Euphrates River corridor
supportedBy Hezbollah
Iran
Russian Aerospace Forces
timePeriod 21st century

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Deir ez-Zor historicalEvent Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017)
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces notableOperation Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017)
subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
this entity surface form: Deir ez-Zor campaign (2016–2019)
Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) hasPart Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Battle to break the siege of Deir ez-Zor (2017)
Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) followedBy Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Syrian government offensive in Deir ez-Zor Governorate (2017)