Euphrates Crossing offensive (2017)

2017 Euphrates Crossing offensive
	Part of the Eastern Syria campaign and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
Date	18 September – 21 October 2017; (1 month and 3 days)
Location	Eastern Syria Eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate;
Status	Syrian Army victory The Syrian Army captured ten villages after crossing the Euphrates River; The Syrian Army encircles the ISIL-held part of Deir ez-Zor city;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; Russia	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan; (Operations chief commander); Maj. Gen. Issam Zahreddine †; (104th Airborne Brigade of Republican Guard); Lt. Gen. Valery Asapov †; (Syrian 5th Corps commander)	Unknown
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army Republican Guard; 5th Corps ISIS Hunters; ; 17th Division 13th Brigade; 137th Brigade; ; ; Russian forces Russian Aerospace Forces; Special operations forces; Wagner Group;	Military of ISIL Wilayat Deir ez-Zor;
Casualties and losses
72 killed (SOHR claim); 7 killed (SOHR claim) (some possibly PMCs)	300+ killed (SAA claim; 29 Sep. – 13 Oct.)

The 2017 Euphrates Crossing offensive was a military offensive launched by the Syrian Arab Army against members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, following the breaking of the three-year siege of the city of Deir ez-Zor. The Euphrates Crossing offensive, conducted by government troops, was done with the aim of denying US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the US itself leverage over the Syrian government.

The offensive was concurrent with the two SDF offensives, the Battle of Raqqa and the northern Deir ez-Zor offensive, as well the Hawija Offensive in Iraq.

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