This article needs editing to comply with Wikipedia's Manual of Style. In particular, it has problems with flag icons should not be used in infoboxes. (July 2023) |
2016 Latakia offensive | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
SSNP[1] | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lt. Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayyoub[11] (Chief of Staff of the Army) Gen. Mohammad Jaber[11] (Desert Hawks Brigade chief commander) Abu al-Jarrah[12] (Al-Daher Hawks Brigade commander)[13] Badi’ Muhammad Hasawi[4] (Latakia commander of Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi) |
Abdel Aziz al-Ali †[14] (Ajnad al-Sham top commander) Hazem Shardoub †[15] (Sham Legion top commander) Abd Al-Salam Omar Kiliyeh †[16] (Sham Legion commander) Samer Fawwaz Sadeq †[16] (Sham Legion commander) Wafi Mohammad Hashem †[16] (Sham Legion commander) Unknown al-Nusra field commander †[5] Unknown Ajnad al Kavkaz commander †[5] Unknown 1st Coastal Brigade commander †[17] Fadi Bitar †[17] (3rd Coastal Brigade commander) Riyad Qarrah Bijeq (DOW)[18] (2nd Coastal Division commander) Unknown al-Adiyat brigade commander †[19] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
National Defence Forces[1] |
Al-Nusra Front / Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
Junud al-Makhdi[26] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
40+ killed,[28][29][30][31][32] several captured[33] | 107+ killed[30][34][35][36] |
The 2016 Latakia offensive, code-named Battle of Yarmouk,[5] refers to a rebel operation launched in the northern Latakia Governorate in late June 2016. The aim of the offensive was to recapture the territory lost during the Army's offensive earlier in the year.[28]
breaking
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).50militants
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).hitandrun
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).