Deir Ez Zor Desert

The deir ez zor camps were concentration camps in the heart of the syrian desert in which many thousands of armenian refugees were forced into death marches during the armenian genocide.

Deir ez zor desert. The operation covered an area stretching from al shawla desert in western deir ezzor to al bokamal desert to the east with the purpose of searching for isis cells in the wake of the killing of a russian general a few days earlier. Located 450 km 280 mi to the northeast of the capital damascus on the banks of the euphrates river deir ez zor is the capital of the deir ez zor governorate. In the 2004 census it had a population of 211 857 people. However the effectiveness of previous operations was temporary and limited.

In recent weeks isis movements and attacks on syrian army positions and convoys in the desert areas of deir ezzor have increased significantly. A rebel spokesman stated that their goal was the expulsion of isil from the region and reaching the city of deir ez zor. The desert south and east of deir ez zor on the regime s side of the euphrates is rife with insurgents syria s eastern badia or desert remains the country s last significant hot spot of is activity. This campaign coincided with escalating russian airstrikes on the syrian desert targeting isis positions.

It also extends to the syrian jordanian border in the south and the outskirts of the provinces of raqqa and deir ez zor in the north. Deir ez zor was designated as the final destination point of the armenian refugees who were driven out from their lands into a long march within the syrian desert. In the past we have witnessed security operations by the syrian army in these areas. מבצע מחוץ לקופסה mivtza michutz la kufsa was an israeli airstrike on a suspected nuclear reactor referred to as the al kibar site also referred to in iaea documents as dair alzour in the deir ez zor region of syria which occurred just after midnight local time on 6 september 2007.

Operation outside the box hebrew. Three other russian military personnel were wounded russia s state run tass news agency reported. Vyacheslav gladkikh died tuesday after a roadside bomb detonated under a convoy of russian soldiers and syrian pro regime militiamen in the desert near the city of deir ez zor.