2017 Southern Raqqa offensive

2017 Southern Raqqa offensive
	Part of Russian military intervention in Syria and the Syrian Civil War
	; Situation in central Syria between 13 and 30 June. The Southern Raqqa offensive is shown at the top of the map
Date	13–30 June 2017; (2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Southwestern Raqqa Governorate and southern Aleppo Governorate Syria
Result	Major Syrian Army victory Syrian Armed Forces recapture entire road between Resafa and Ithriya from ISIL; ISIL forces expelled from Aleppo Governorate;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; Russia Aerospace Forces;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan; (Operations chief commander); Ali Adra †; Tiger Forces commander)	Unknown
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army Tiger Forces; ; Syrian Arab Air Force; Liwa al-Quds Al-Baggara tribe militias	Military of ISIL Wilayat Aleppo (until 30 June 2017); Wilayat Raqqa;
Casualties and losses
183–333 killed	Unknown

The 2017 Southern Raqqa offensive was an operation by the Syrian Army against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the southwestern countryside of the Raqqa Province.

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