Northwestern Syria clashes (December 2022 – November 2024)

Northwestern Syria clashes (2022–2024)
	Part of the Syrian civil war
Date	2 December 2022- 27 November 2024; (1 year, 11 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Northwestern Syria Idlib Governorate; Northwestern Aleppo Governorate; Northern Hama Governorate; Northern Latakia Governorate;
Result	Inconclusive HTS launches an offensive in northwestern Syria in November 2024;
Belligerents
Syrian opposition Syrian Salvation Government Al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham; Muawiyah bin Abu Sufyan Brigade; Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas Brigade; Ibn al-Walid battalions; ; ; Syrian Interim Government National Front for Liberation Ahrar al-Sham; Sham Legion; Suqour al-Sham; ; ; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; Ansar al Tawhid; So Be Steadfast Operations Room Hurras al-Din; Ansar al-Din Front; Jihad Coordination; Ansar Fighters Brigade; ; ;	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Arab Army Republican Guard; ; National Defence Forces; Local Defence Forces Baqir Brigade; ; ; ; Hezbollah; Liwa Fatemiyoun; Russia;
Commanders and leaders
Abu Mohammad al-Julani; (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader)	Bashar al-Assad (President of Syria); Ali Mahmoud Abbas (Minister of Defense); Maj. Gen. Ghassan Iskandar Tarraf (Commander of the Republican Guard); Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Nasif †; Col. Oleg Viktorovich Pechevisty †; (Commander-in-chief of the Russian special forces in Syria)
Casualties and losses
217 killed; 17 killed; 14 killed; 12 killed; 1 killed	713 killed; 7 killed; 1 killed; 1 killed
	221 civilians killed

Starting on 2 December 2022, a series of intensified clashes broke out of the frontlines of the 'Idlib de-escalation zone' located in the governorates of Idlib, Aleppo, Hama and Latakia. These confrontations initiated through inghimasi, infiltration and sniper attacks by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied militant groups against positions held by the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) positions. These attacks were called We Will Not Reconcile by HTS. In 2023, the first territorial offensive since 2020 was carried out by HTS in the area of Milaja.

According to the Syrian Observatory on Human Rights (SOHR), HTS aims to disrupt potential peace negotiations between Turkey and Syria, and is launching the campaign of attacks as a way of rejecting any deal made on the 'de-escalation zone' in Idlib. Consequently, 2023 was the deadliest year of the Syrian civil war since 2020, given the escalating intensity of the clashes.