Eastern Homs offensive (2017)

Eastern Homs offensive (2017)
	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.
Date	5 March – 12 May 2017; (2 months and 1 week)
Location	Tadmur District, Eastern Homs Governorate, Syria
Result	Syrian government victory
Territorial; changes	Syrian Army expands the buffer zone around Palmyra by capturing more than 230 square miles of territory around the city
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic; Russia; Allied militias:; Hezbollah	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Hassan Sultan †; (5th Corps commander); Mahmoud Wanous †; (NDF commander); Ali Muhammad Beaz †; (Hezbollah commander)	Abu Hamid al-Sukhni †; (ISIL commander)
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 10th Mechanised Division; 11th Armored Division; 18th Armoured Division; 5th Corps Al-Assad Shield Forces; ISIL Hunters; ; Republican Guard 800th Regiment; ; Syrian Marines; Tiger Forces Shahin Group (until 11 February); ; ; National Defence Forces Qalamoun Shield; Golan Regiment; Al-Shaitat tribe militias; ; Military Intelligence Directorate Military Security Shield Forces; ; Desert Commandos Regiment; Air Force Intelligence Directorate Fawj Nusur Homs; ; Syrian Air Force; ; Russian Armed Forces Russian Air Force; Special operations forces advisors; ; Hezbollah military Radwan Forces; Syrian Hezbollah units Al-Ridha Forces; Al-Ghalibun; Imam Mahdi Brigade; ; ;	Military of ISIL
Strength
4,900+	Unknown

The Eastern Homs offensive in 2017 was a military operation of the Syrian Arab Army and its allies in Eastern part of Homs Governorate against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces during the Syrian Civil War.