Maskanah Plains offensive

Maskanah Plains offensive
	Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
Date	9 May 2017 – 8 June 2017; (4 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Eastern Aleppo Governorate and southwestern Raqqa Governorate, Syria
Result	Syrian Army victory The Syrian Army captures Maskanah, Jirah Airbase and many other towns and villages; The Syrian army re-entered the Raqqa 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	Abu Musab al-Masri †; (Minister of War); Abu Uday Al-Iraqi †
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army Tiger Forces; ; Syrian Arab Air Force; Liwa al-Quds; Al-Baggara tribe militias	Military of ISIL
Casualties and losses
156–184 killed (10 May–30 June)	32+ killed (by 18 May)

The Maskanah Plains offensive was an operation by the Syrian Army against the remaining Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) strongholds in the eastern countryside of the Aleppo Province, with the goal of recapturing the Maskanah Plains from ISIL and advancing into the Raqqa Governorate.

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