Battle of Idlib (2015)
| Battle of Idlib (2015) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War and the 2015 Idlib offensive | |||||||||
Image of a typical olive field in the valleys surrounding Idlib | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Ajnad al-Kavkaz Farouq Brigades | Hezbollah | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Abu Jamil al-Qutb † (Ahrar ash-Sham deputy leader) Abu Kamal (Ahrar ash-Sham Central Area commander) Hassan al-Khalifa † (Omar al-Farouq Brigade commander) Nathir Terman † (al-Nusra field commander) Abu Abdullah Taoum † (Ajnad ash-Sham leader) |
Mohamed Khair al-Sayyed (Governor of Idlib) Al Hajj Walaa † (Hezbollah commander) | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Omar al-Farouq Brigade Tarkhan's Jamaat |
11th Armored Division 155th Brigade | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 3,000–6,000 fighters | 330–380 (Special Operations Unit S.A.A. Fighters) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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132 fighters killed, 36 infiltrators executed | 66–86 soldiers killed, 5 soldiers and 6 tanks captured | ||||||||
| 11 civilians killed, 15 prisoners executed by the Syrian Army | |||||||||
The Battle of Idlib ("Operation to Free Idlib") was a military operation in the Idlib Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War, conducted by rebels against Syrian government forces defending Idlib city.