Islamic State insurgency in Deir ez-Zor

The Islamic State insurgency in Deir ez-Zor is a series of armed guerilla and insurgent attacks carried out by ISIL militants, following the defeat in the Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019) against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Timeline

 * November 13, 2019 – IS militants in Darnaj Dery Ez Zur claimed to have captured and summarily executed an SDF militiaman with a knife
 * November 13, 2019 – Deir Ezzor unknown gunmen attack one of the SDF military posts in the shaqra village in the western countryside
 * November 14, 2019 – Dier Ezzor SDF patrols closed all crossings in Shuhail with SDF deployed with all equipment for all combatants along the Euphrates river in Shuhail
 * November 14, 2019 – According to pro Assad media, fierce clashes have occurred between Syrian army forces and IS militants in a remote area near the T3 pump station in eastern Syrian Homs
 * November 19, 2019 – IS launches an attack against the positions of pro Assad forces outside the village of Shula south of the city of Deir Ezzor