Idlib Governorate clashes (January–March 2017)
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The Idlib Governorate clashes (January–March 2017), were military confrontations between Syrian rebel factions led by Ahrar al-Sham and their allies on one side and the al-Qaeda-aligned Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (which disbanded in 28 January and joined Tahrir al-Sham) and their allies on the other. After 7 February, the clashes also included Jund al-Aqsa as a third belligerent, which had re-branded itself as Liwa al-Aqsa and was attacking the other combatants. The battles were fought in the Idlib Governorate and the western countryside of the Aleppo Governorate.
Idlib Governorate clashes (January–March 2017) | ||||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War, and the Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War | ||||||||
Map of region of Idlib and western Aleppo where the conflict took place | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Ahrar al-Sham[12][13] Free Syrian Army |
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Abu Ammar al-Omar[20] Lt. Col. Muhammad Bakr[22] | Abdul-Rahim Attoun[25] | "Karmo"[25] | ||||||
Units involved | ||||||||
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Strength | ||||||||
Several thousand fighters | 400 Zenki fighters[31] | Up to 2,100 militants[9] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
250 captured[32] (160–197 executed)[33][23] | 107 killed[34][35] | 52 killed[35] | ||||||
2+ civilians killed[22] | ||||||||