2012 Homs offensive

2012 Homs offensive
Part of the Siege of Homs and the Syrian Civil War
Neighbourhoods in Homs under artillery bombardment (8 February 2012).
Date 3 February – 14 April 2012 (2 months, 1 week and 4 days) Location Homs, Syria 34°43′51″N 36°42′34″E / 34.7308°N 36.7094°E / 34.7308; 36.7094Coordinates: 34°43′51″N 36°42′34″E / 34.7308°N 36.7094°E / 34.7308; 36.7094 Result Syrian Army victory Large civilian and rebel casualties By March 2012, the Syrian security forces retake control of half a dozen districts, leaving them in control of 70 percent of the city
Belligerents
Syrian National Council Free Syrian Army Opposition protesters	Syrian government Syrian Army Security agencies Shabeeha
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Abdul Razzaq Tlass Col. Ahmed Jumrek †	Gen. Fo’ad Hamoudeh Gen. Ghassan Afif              Gen. Mohamed Maaruf
Units involved
Farouq Brigades Khalid ibn al-Walid Brigade	4th Division 154th Army Regiment 1st Division 46th Armoured Brigade 42nd Mechanised Brigade
Strength
1,000 fighters	7,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
140–200 FSA fighters killed (opposition claim) Tens of killed and 40 captured (government claim)	38 soldiers killed 19 captured
700–1,000 civilians and rebels killed overall (per H.R.W. and the opposition, see Deaths below for other estimates)
Note: Numbers of dead are only for the period up to the fall of the Baba Amr district

Syrian Army victory

Syrian National Council

Syrian government

Farouq Brigades

4th Division

1st Division

The 2012 Homs offensive was a Syrian Army offensive on the armed rebellion stronghold of Homs, within the scope of the Siege of Homs, beginning in early February 2012 and ending with the U.N. brokered cease fire on April 14, 2012.

The offensive began by artillery bombardment by the Syrian armed forces in response to an attack by the Free Syrian Army on Syrian Army checkpoints on 3 February 2012, killing 10 soldiers. Government forces then began to bombard the city using tanks, helicopters, and artillery, rockets and mortars. The Syrian government has denied that the bombardment is indiscriminate and blamed "armed groups" for the civilian deaths, including the deaths of foreign journalists.

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