Syrian Desert campaign (2017–2024)

The Syrian Desert campaign was a campaign of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces forces and their allies aimed at eliminating the remnants of the Islamic State in the Syrian Desert region. == Background == Following a series of campaigns between 2016 and 2017 by the Syrian government and allied forces, the American-led CJTF-OIR coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Turkey and its supporting rebels, the remnants of the Islamic State's forces west of the Euphrates River withdrew into a large pocket in the Syrian Desert, stretching between the western Homs Governorate and the eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate, from where they utilized guerrilla tactics to target pro-government forces.

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