2015–2016 Latakia offensive

2015–2016 Latakia offensive
	Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
	; Syrian Army control (including Hezbollah) Syrian opposition control (including al-Nusra Front) Ongoing confrontation or unclear situation
Date	15 October 2015 – 12 March 2016; (4 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location	Latakia Governorate, Syria
Status	Decisive Syrian Army and allies victory
Territorial; changes	Government forces capture over 750 square kilometers of territory in northeastern Latakia, which represents 64% of rebel territory in the province; Government forces capture 50 villages, including the rebel strongholds of Salma, Rabia and Kinsabba; Government forces capture most of the Turkmen Mountain and Jabal al-Akrad;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; Syrian Social Nationalist Party; Syrian Resistance; Hezbollah; LAAG; Lions of Hussein Brigade Russia (air strikes): Russian Air Force; Military advisors;	Free Syrian Army; Islamic Front; Al-Nusra Front; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (TIP); Katibat Jabal al-Islam; Supported by: Turkey;
Commanders and leaders
Abu Fatima al-Musawi; (LAAG commander); Hussein Tawfiq al-Assad; (Lions of Hussein Brigade leader)	Cpt. Basil Zamo †; (1st Coastal Division leader); ‘Ali Durayi †; (Jabal al-Akrad Ahrar ash-Sham commander); Abu Omar al-Turkistani; (al-Nusra and TIP senior commander); Abdel-Aziz Al-Dibaykhi †; (Jabal al-Akrad al-Nusra commander)
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army Republican Guard 103rd Brigade Syrian Marines; ; ; Desert Hawks Brigade; ; Military Intelligence Directorate Military Security Shield Forces; ; National Defence Forces; Syrian Air Force; Russian Armed Forces Russian Special Operations Forces;	Free Syrian Army: 1st Coastal Division 1st Coastal Brigade; ; 2nd Coastal Division; Islamic Front: Ahrar ash-Sham; Ansar al-Sham; Ajnad al-Kavkaz; Movement of Salah al-Din the Kurd
Casualties and losses
112 soldiers killed (12–25 Jan. & 26 Feb. 2016); 3 soldiers killed; 1 Su-24M bomber shot down; 1 Mi-8AMTsh helicopter destroyed	302+ killed (124 foreigners)

The 2015–2016 Latakia offensive was a campaign of the Syrian Civil War that was launched by government forces in October 2015 to recapture rebel-held territory in the Latakia Governorate bordering Turkey.