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Northwestern Syria offensive (October 2015)

Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015)
Part of the Syrian Civil War
2015 Hama Offensive.svg
The military situation in Hama Governorate
Northwestern Syria & Aleppo offensives 2015.svg
Wider strategic view, including the Aleppo offensive.
     Syrian Army control

     Opposition control (including al-Nusra Front)      Kurdish control      Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

     Ongoing confrontation or unclear situation
Date 7 October – 10 November 2015
(1 month and 3 days)
Location Hama and Idlib Governorates, Syria
Result

Indecisive

  • New offensives launched in Latakia and Hama by both sides
Territorial
changes
Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Syrian Resistance
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Hezbollah
 Iran


Air strikes:
 Russia

Army of Conquest

Jund al-Aqsa
Junud al-Sham
Jabhat Ansar al-Din
Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria
Katibat Tawhid wa Jihad (Uzbeks)
Ajnad Kavkaz
SRCC

Supported by:

 Turkey
 Saudi Arabia
 Qatar
Commanders and leaders

Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani
Col. Hamid Mokhtar Band 
Col. Farshad Hasounizade 
Lt. Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
Brig Gen. Taleb Salamah 
Col. Wasim Khaddam
Reza Khavari 
(Fatemiyoun Brigade commander)
Hassan Hussein al-Haj 
(Hezbollah senior leader)
Mahdi Hassan Obeid 
(Hezbollah commander)


Russia Viktor Bondarev
(chief of staff Russian Air Force)
Syria Brig. General Rashid Bakdash 
(FSA officer)
SyriaMaj. Mohamed Mansour
(Jaysh al-Nasr leader)
SyriaCol. Fares al-Bayous
(Fursan al-Haq leader)
SyriaLt. Col. Ahmed al-Seoud
(Division 13 leader)
SyriaAl Shiekh Muhammed Shabeeb (FSA Field Commander)
Units involved

Syrian Army:
10th Tank Division

  • 87th Brigade

7th Division
9th Division
4th Assault Corps
47th Tank Brigade

Syrian Republican Guard SSI.svg Republican Guard:

  • 106th Brigade
Russian Air Force

Syria Free Syrian Army:

Ahrar ash-Sham
Jaysh al-Islam

Al-Nusra Front
Strength
7,000+ Unknown
Casualties and losses
119+ killed
1 Syrian helicopter
1 Syrian MiG-21 fighter jet
81+ killed
12+ civilians killed

     Opposition control (including al-Nusra Front)      Kurdish control      Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Indecisive

Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Syrian Resistance
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Hezbollah
 Iran


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