Back هجوم تدمر (مايو 2015) Arabic Бітва за Пальміру (2015) Byelorussian Primera ofensiva de Palmira Spanish Bataille de Palmyre (2015) French Palmürai offenzíva (2015. május) Hungarian Prima offensiva di Palmira Italian Slag om Palmyra Dutch Bitwa o Palmyrę (2015) Polish Batalha de Palmira (Maio de 2015) Portuguese Падение Пальмиры (2015) Russian

Palmyra offensive (May 2015)

For the four later offensives, see Palmyra offensive (July–August 2015), Palmyra offensive (March 2016), Palmyra offensive (December 2016), and Palmyra offensive (2017).

Palmyra offensive (May 2015)
Part of the Syrian Civil War

Map of the territorial gains made by ISIL from 13–26 May, during the Palmyra offensive
Date13–26 May 2015
(1 week and 6 days)
Location
Tadmur District, Eastern Homs Governorate, Syria
Result

Major ISIL victory

  • ISIL control of Syria increases to around 50% by the end of the offensive[1][2]
Territorial
changes		 ISIL captures Palmyra,[3] its airbase[4] and Weapons Depot,[5] Al-Sukhnah, Amiriya, three oil fields,[6][7] T-3 Pumping Station,[8] At Tanf Border Crossing,[9] al-Sawana area[7] and Missile Battalion area[10]
Belligerents
Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Commanders and leaders

Islamic State Abu Malik Anas Al-Nashwan †[11]
Islamic State Abu Laith al-Saoudy[12]

Islamic State Mouhaimn al-Ta'ai †

Syria Talal al-Barazi
(Governor of the Homs Governorate)[13]

Syria Brig. Gen. Haidar Ali Asad †
Syria Brig. Gen. Malek Taleb Baddour †
Units involved

Military of ISIL

Syrian Army

National Defence Forces (NDF)[17]
Ba'ath Brigades[17]
Strength
1,800–2,000+ (Palmyra city)[18] Unknown
Casualties and losses
241–300 killed (SOHR claim)[19][20]
170–200 killed (Syrian Army claim)[3][8]		 150 killed (SOHR claim)[19]
81 killed (Syrian Army claim)[8]
71 civilians killed (49 executed by ISIL; 14–15 May)[21]
168–280 civilians and soldiers executed, and 600 detained (21–24 May)[20][21][22]

The Palmyra offensive of May 2015 was a military operation launched during the Syrian Civil War by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on May 13–26, 2015, in an attempt to capture the government-held Tadmur District of the Homs Governorate, including the administrative centre of Tadmur, known in English as Palmyra. The ruins and ancient monuments of Palmyra, which lie on the south-western fringe of the modern city, have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980.[23] The ruins were part of a desert oasis that was one of the most significant cultural centers of the ancient world, linking the civilizations of Persia, India, China with the Roman Empire through trade. The offensive was one of the largest offensives launched by ISIL, the largest one conducted by ISIL in Syria since the 2014 Eastern Syria offensive, with the result of the offensive increasing ISIL's control of Syria to at least 50%.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Bustle". 21 May 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Isis controls over 50% of Syria after taking Palmyra". Newsweek. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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  11. ^ AFP (14 May 2015). "IS jihadists threaten Syria's ancient Palmyra: monitor". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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  13. ^ "At least 23 killed as IS advances on Syria's ancient metropolis of Palmyra". Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  14. ^ a b Joanna Paraszczuk (9 April 2019). "Badr in Palmyra, May 2015: Fighter account reveals IS's military strategy and tactics". From Chechnya to Syria. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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  16. ^ Leith Fadel. "ISIS Storms the Gates of the Ancient City of Palmyra". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  17. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference complete was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ "Syrian civil war: Can Assad's regime survive the onslaught from Isis and Jabhat al-Nusra?". The Independent. 13 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  19. ^ a b Islamic State in Control of Palmyra Ruins, Activists Say
  20. ^ a b "Syrian air force targets captured Palmyra city - monitor". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  21. ^ a b sohranas. "Islamic State carries out its motto "lasting and explading" and seizes more than 50% of Syria". Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  22. ^ "ISIS purges Syria's Palmyra of Assad loyalists". The Times of India. AP. 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015. Hamza said the public killings in Palmyra appeared aimed at winning support of residents who opposed Assad's rule, and that the strategy was succeeding with some [...] "People don't seem to be resentful of the new guidelines. They are saying it is much better than the regime, which used to terrorize the whole town, especially through the arrest campaigns", Hamza said.
  23. ^ Profile, unesco.org; accessed 31 August 2015.

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