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A report to the UN Security Council finds that the Islamic State still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, posing a serious threat to the region despite the imposition of economic sanctions.
2023-08-14

Thirty-six people are killed when Islamic State gunmen ambush a group of truffle hunters in Hama Governorate. Five shepherds are also killed near Deir ez-Zor.
2023-04-16

Eight people are killed by a land mine planted by Islamic State in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.
2023-04-9

Islamic State militants kill at least 68 people, including 61 civilians and seven soldiers, in Al-Sukhnah, Homs Governorate, Syria.
2023-02-17

Ten people are killed and two others are injured after Islamic State gunmen open fire on a bus carrying oil workers in Deir ez-Zor.
2022-12-30

Five soldiers are killed and 20 more are injured during an Islamic State rocket attack on a military transport bus in the Syrian Desert.
2022-01-3

Islamic State gunmen ambush a group of soldiers in Masrib, Deir ez-Zor, Syria, killing 13 of them and wounding others.
2021-11-13

Syrian state media reports that an ambush on a bus near Palmyra killed at least 37 people. A senior military defector in the region says that the bus was transporting Syrian Army troops and pro-government militia from Deir ez-Zor to the Tiyas Military Airbase.
2020-12-30

At least 75 Syrian Army soldiers and pro-Assad militiamen are killed following a multi-front attack on the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports ISIL fighters had advanced into the northern tip of Deir ez-Zor city, and captured the suburb of Al-Baghaliyeh. The pro-government Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reports that government forces had repelled an attack on the city leaving dozens of militants dead.
2016-01-16

Syrian government troops recapture the towns of Al-Sarkha and Ma'loula near the Syria-Lebanon border.
2014-04-14