Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase

Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
	; Map showing the siege
Date	23 September 2012 – 9 September 2015; (2 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Abu al-Duhur, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Result	Rebel victory Rebels capture three villages and the airbase;
Belligerents
Army of Conquest Al-Nusra Front; Ahrar ash-Sham; Jund al-Aqsa; Ajnad ash-Sham; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; Free Syrian Army; (until late 2014)	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; National Defense Force;
Commanders and leaders
Jamal Maarouf; (Syrian Revolutionaries Front; until late 2014); Mohammed Khair Hassan Shuaib; (Al-Nusra Front)	Brig. Gen. Ihsan al-Zuhouri †; (Abu al-Duhur commander); Abu Al-Jarrah; Colonel Hussein Al-Yousif †; (Syrian Arab Air Force 678 Squadron division commander); Lieutenant Mohammad Khadour †; (Syrian Air Force officer); Lieutenant Saarem Mahfoud †; (Syrian Air Force officer)
Units involved
Syrian Martyrs' Brigade; (until late 2014); Katibat Saifullah (كتيبة سيف الله)	11th Armored Division; Liwaa Suqour Al-Daher; 678 Squadron
Strength
1,000+ fighters	250–700 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Dozens killed; (final assault)	56+ killed; 71 captured (all executed); 40+ missing; One Antonov An-26 crashed

The siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase was a battle for the Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in the Idlib Governorate during the Syrian civil war. It was captured by the rebel and jihadist forces on 9 September 2015. The base had been besieged since September 2012.