Palmyra offensive (2017) | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in Syria | |||||||
![]() Situation in southern Syria from 6 February to 30 April; Government advances are shown at the top of the map. | |||||||
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![]() (Operations chief commander) ![]() (5th Corps commander) ![]() (Russian forces commander) ![]() |
![]() (ISIL emir)[11] | ||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
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283+ killed (per SOHR)[26] 1,000+ killed and wounded (per Russian MOD)[5][27][28] |
The Palmyra offensive in 2017 was launched by the Syrian Arab Army against the armed forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Eastern Homs Governorate in January 2017, with the goal of recapturing Palmyra and its surrounding countryside. ISIL forces had retaken the city of Palmyra in a sudden offensive from 8 to 11 December, after previously being expelled from it by Syrian government and Russian forces in March 2016. On 2 March 2017, the Syrian Army alongside Russian reinforcement, succeeded again in recapturing the beleaguered city of Palmyra.