Palmyra offensive (2017)
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The Palmyra offensive in 2017 was launched by the Syrian Arab Army against the armed forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Eastern Homs Governorate in January 2017, with the goal of recapturing Palmyra and its surrounding countryside. ISIL forces had retaken the city of Palmyra in a sudden offensive from 8 to 11 December, after previously being expelled from it by Syrian government and Russian forces in March 2016. On 2 March 2017, the Syrian Army alongside Russian reinforcement, succeeded again in recapturing the beleaguered city of Palmyra.
Palmyra offensive (2017) | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in Syria | |||||||
Situation in southern Syria from 6 February to 30 April; Government advances are shown at the top of the map. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Syria CJTF–OIR[7] | Islamic State | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan[8] (Operations chief commander) Maj. Gen. Mohammed Hassan Sultan[9] (5th Corps commander) Col. Gen. Andrey Kartapolov (Russian forces commander) Maj. Gen. Pyotr Milyukhin (WIA)[10] |
Abu Shaher al-Hassan † (ISIL emir)[11] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Russian Armed Forces and PMC allies | Military of ISIL | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown (Some armoured vehicles) | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
115 killed[26] 18 killed (10 soldiers and 8 PMC)[24] |
283+ killed (per SOHR)[26] 1,000+ killed and wounded (per Russian MOD)[3][27][28] |