2015 Idlib offensive

2015 Idlib offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War

Situation in Idlib as of 5 April 2015.
  Syrian Army control
  Syrian Opposition control
Date24 March – 5 April 2015
(1 week and 5 days)
Location
Result

Rebel victory

  • Rebels capture Idlib city and besiege Kafarya and Al-Fu'ah
  • Rebel attack on Mastouma repelled
Belligerents

Army of Conquest[1]

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

 Russia[4]
Commanders and leaders

Abu Kamal[5]
(Ahrar ash-Sham Central Area Commander)
Abu Jamil Yusuf al-Qutb [2]
(Ahrar ash-Sham deputy leader)
Hassan al-Khalifa [2]
(Omar al-Farouq Brigade commander)
Abu Abdullah Taoum [6]
(Ajnad ash-Sham leader)

Nathir Terman [7]
(al-Nusra field commander)
Syria Brig. Gen. Emad Ibrahim[8]
Syria Col. Suheil Al Hassan[9]
Syria Mohamed Khair al-Sayyed[10]
(Governor of Idlib)
Al Hajj Walaa [11]
(Hezbollah commander)
Units involved
Omar al-Farouq Brigade Syria 11th Armored Division
Syria 155th Brigade
Syria Tiger Forces[9]
Strength

5,000–7,000 fighters[12]

  • al-Nusra Front: 3,000 fighters[13]
Unknown

The 2015 Idlib offensive refers to a series of rebel operations in the Idlib Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War. The offensive started with a rebel assault on the capital of the province, Idlib. According to The Economist, the capture of Idlib came about largely because Gulf Arab states "gave more backing to their proxies despite American objections."[14]

  1. ^ "Al Qaeda and allies form coalition to battle Syrian regime in Idlib". Long War Journal. 24 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Jabhat al-Nusra looks for battlefield breakout". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Bataille d'Idlib: les snipers albanais des djihadistes d'Hayat Tahrir al-Cham". FranceSoir (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  4. ^ Mardasov, Anton. "What are Russian special operations forces doing in Idlib?". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  5. ^ Ibn Nabih [@IbnNabih1] (24 March 2015). "Image of Ahrar al-Sham Central Area Commander - Abu Kamal - before the storming of #Idlib City" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 March 2015 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ شبكة عاجل الإخبارية. "The leader of al-Qaeda-affiliated Ajnad al-Sham battalion killed in Idlib". breakingnews.sy. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Hassan Ridha on Twitter". Twitter.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference emad was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference tiger was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Rebels launch full-on assault of Idlib city". Syria Direct. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  11. ^ "مقتل أول قائد ميداني لحزب الله في معركة تحرير مدينة إدلب". Siraj Press. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  12. ^ "An Anxious Wait in Syrian City Held by Insurgents (Published 2015)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Syria Direct: News Update 3-25-15". Syria Direct. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Down but not yet out: What Russian intervention means for the opposition". The Economist. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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