The Syrian Army fully secured the Deir ez-Zor on 3 November and on 17 November 2017, ISIL surrendered the island of Hawijat Kati, bringing all areas around the city under Army control following the two-month offensive.

Is syria still at war?

The war is currently being fought by several factions, including the Syrian Armed Forces and its domestic and international allies, a loose alliance of mostly Sunni opposition rebel groups (such as the Free Syrian Army), Salafi jihadist groups (including al-Nusra Front and Tahrir al-Sham), the mixed Kurdish-Arab Syrian ...

How many Armenians died at Der Zor?

Those major killing centres in the region came to be known as Deir ez-Zor Camps where, according to different sources, between 1Million to 1.5 Million Armenians were killed.