Hama and Homs offensive (March–April 2015)

Part of the Syrian Civil War

Date	20 March – 9 April 2015 (2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	Hama Governorate & Homs Governorate, Syria
Result	Indecisive

Belligerents

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Military of ISIL

Syrian Arab Republic

Commanders and leaders

Abu Ali al-Anbari (Deputy, Syria)

Brig. Gen. Yahya Baawish

Casualties and losses

60–100 killed (Syrian Army claim)

142 killed, some missing

48–50 civilians killed by ISIL (46–48 executed)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian Arab Republic

The Hama and Homs offensive (March–April 2015) during the Syrian Civil War was launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in an attempt to cut the government supply line between its troops in central and northern Syria.

ISIL launched a two-pronged offensive in the eastern rural areas of Hama and Homs provinces on 20 March 2015, in an attempt to cut the main government supply line linking Aleppo, Khanasir, Salamiyah and Hama with each other. It was also speculated the aim of the assault was to raise morale after losses to Kurdish forces in the northeast of the country, especially during the Siege of Kobanî. After three days of fighting, during which ISIL stormed several military checkpoints, 20 soldiers were killed in Homs, while 74 soldiers died in Hama and a number of others were missing.

Early on 23 March, the jihadists attacked the military airport in Tadmur, in Homs province, and reportedly shot down a Syrian Arab Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft.

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