Palmyra offensive (December 2016) | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War Military intervention against ISIL Russian military intervention in Syria | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() (Leading ISIL commander for Palmyra operations) ![]() (ISIL senior commander, redeployed to Raqqa front after 11 December) ![]() (ISIL Security Chief in Homs) ![]() (ISIL top commander) |
![]() (leading operations commander 10–11 December) ![]() (leading operations commander since 14 December) ![]() (Desert Commandos commander) ![]() ![]() (Qalamoun Shield commander) ![]() (Air Assault battalion commander) ![]() (IRGC Ground Forces commander) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
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3,000+ fighters[19] (by the beginning of the offensive)
Unknown number of reinforcements
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
![]() 630 killed (pro-government claims)[35][36][37][38] |
100 killed, 200 wounded and 30 missing (per the Army)[36] 182 killed (per SOHR)[39][40] 352 killed, 22 captured (pro-ISIL claim)[41] |
The Palmyra offensive in December 2016 was a military operation launched by the military of ISIL which led to the re-capture of the ancient city of Palmyra, and an unsuccessful ISIL attack on the Tiyas T-4 Airbase to the west of the city.[5][35] ISIL previously controlled the city from May 2015 until March 2016.
The unexpected blitz offensive occurred concurrently with three major anti-ISIL offensives: the Turkish Western al-Bab offensive and Battle of al-Bab north of Aleppo, the Kurdish-Arab Raqqa campaign, and the Iraqi Battle of Mosul in Iraq, which saw all three gaining ground from the Islamic State.
In January 2017, the Syrian Army and allied forces launched another offensive to recapture Palmyra and its surrounding areas.
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