Global Information2016 Latakia offensive information
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| 2016 Latakia offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 Russia (air strikes) |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Lt. Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayyoub[11](Chief of Staff of the Army) Gen. Mohammad Jaber[11](Desert Hawks Brigade chief commander)  Abu al-Jarrah[12](Al-Daher Hawks Brigade commander)[13]  Badi’ Muhammad Hasawi[4](Latakia commander of Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi) |
 Abdel Aziz al-Ali †[14](Ajnad al-Sham top commander)  Hazem Shardoub †[15](Sham Legion top commander) Abd Al-Salam Omar Kiliyeh †[16](Sham Legion commander) Samer Fawwaz Sadeq †[16](Sham Legion commander) Wafi Mohammad Hashem †[16](Sham Legion commander)  Unknown al-Nusra field commander †[5] Unknown Ajnad al Kavkaz commander †[5] Unknown 1st Coastal Brigade commander †[17] Fadi Bitar †[17](3rd Coastal Brigade commander)  Riyad Qarrah Bijeq (DOW)[18](2nd Coastal Division commander)  Unknown al-Adiyat brigade commander †[19] | ||||||
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 Movement of Salah al-Din the Kurd[27] Junud al-Makhdi[26] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 40+ killed,[28][29][30][31][32] several captured[33] | 107+ killed[30][34][35][36] | ||||||
The 2016 Latakia offensive, code-named Battle of Yarmouk,[5] refers to a rebel operation launched in the northern Latakia Governorate in late June 2016. The aim of the offensive was to recapture the territory lost during the Army's offensive earlier in the year.[28]
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- ^ Aymenn Al-Tamimi (10 December 2016). "Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia". Syria Comment. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ a b Aymenn Al-Tamimi (8 March 2017). "Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi: Syrian IRGC Militia". Syria Comment. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Thomas Joscelyn (28 June 2016). "Jihadists and other rebels attack Syrian regime positions in Latakia province". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Foreign jihadists advertise role in Latakia fighting". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Peto Lucem on Twitter". 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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- ^ a b Leith Fadel (6 July 2016). "Top Syrian general visits northern Latakia ahead of planned offensive". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Latakia: Clashes renewed between rebels, regime army over strategic hilltop". SYRIA NEWS - ZAMAN ALWSL. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ Leith Fadel (9 September 2015). "Syrian Army Withdrawals Most of Their Soldiers from Abu Al-Dhuhour Airport". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Zen Adra (4 July 2016). "Jihadi groups mourn top leader in northern Latakia". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Zen Adra (8 July 2016). "Senior Jihadi commander killed in northern latakia". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Izat Charkatli (12 August 2016). "Rebel group Latakia leadership almost entirely wiped out". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d Izat Charkatli (8 August 2016). "Two more rebel commanders killed in Latakia clashes". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Izat Charkatli (4 August 2016). "Another rebel commander bites the dust". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights - 5 fighters killed in clashes against the regime forces in Latakia Mountains". Facebook. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ a b Leith Fadel (4 July 2016). "Massive convoy of Syrian Army reinforcements arrive in northern Latakia". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (3 July 2016). "Quwat al-Ghadab: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia in Suqaylabiyah". Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Izat Charkatli (8 July 2016). "Syrian Army launches massive offensive in Latakia province". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Syrian Army RepelsTerrorists' Attack in Lattakia". Farsnews. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (3 September 2016). "Quwat Dir' Al-Amn Al-Askari: A Latakia Military Intelligence Militia". Syria Comment. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ Leith Fadel (5 August 2016). "Syrian Army storms key town in northeast Latakia". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d Caleb Weiss (11 July 2016). "Foreign jihadists advertise role in Latakia fighting". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (6 August 2019). "Kurdish Rebels in Northwest Syria: Interview with Harakat Salah al-Din al-Kurdi". Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ a b Al-awsat, Asharq (29 June 2016). "Army of Conquest-Led Offensive Turns around Syrian Coastal Battles - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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- ^ "12 killed during clashes in Lattakia countryside". SOHR. 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Losses in al-Assad forces' ranks in Jabel al-Akrad area". El-Dorar Al-Shamia. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Continued clashes in Lattakia countryside". Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "The Inside Source". Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "مزيد من الخسائر البشرية خلال القصف والاشتباكات المتواصلة في جبل الأكراد بريف اللاذقية الشمالي". Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ Izat Charkatli (6 August 2016). "Video: Syrian Army kills dozens of militants in successful ambush in Latakia". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.