Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eastern Syria insurgency
as per all above and for obvious reasons. There is an active ISIL insurgency in eastern Syria, as the group was forced underground after they lost their physical territory in the Battle of Baghuz. The U.S. in particular acknowledge there's a continued ISIL presence in the region and even the Trump administration cited ISIL's lingering post-territorial, tangential presence in Eastern Syria for why they're "protecting the oil fields" and re positioned its forces there and are still cooperating with the SDF, so deleting this article meant to cover that area of importance would be a disservice to readers and anyone involved in the ongoing attacks in that area and would make it appear no one is dying and the SDF is doing nothing. Even the Syrian government is still Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present)|fighting ISIL in its own campaign in the very nearby Syrian Desert, with the help of Russia.ISIL is conducting a ISIL insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)|similar insurgency in Iraq, so if this article is deleted, what what makes that article different? You seem to not understand that conflicts can have their own sub-conflicts and overlapping areas of operation, because real life is complex and you don't need a formal declaration of a specifically named "insurgency" by some official body to determine what's practically, observably happening on the ground (an unnamed "low-level insurgency", which is a real term cited by RS's) where people are dying and SDF Counter-insurgency|COIN operations are conducted. Especially for a complex, multi-sided war like the Syrian Civil War. Aren't most insurgencies unnamed anyway? Furthermore, the article is well-sourced by RS's (for the most part) and does not currently meet the criteria for  from what I see
— User:RopeTricks, 12:36, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:OR (Wikipedia:No original research)