Northwestern Syria offensive (2024)
| Northwestern Syria offensive | ||||||||||
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| Part of the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives during the Syrian civil war | ||||||||||
Situation after fall of Hama Controlled by Ba'athist Syria
Controlled by the Syrian opposition
Controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces | ||||||||||
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Supported by: Turkey (denied by Turkey) Ukraine (denied by Ukraine) |
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| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||||
| Mazloum Abdi | ||||||||||
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| Strength | ||||||||||
| 100,000 (2021) | |||||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||||
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220 killed, 21 captured 25 pro-Iranian militiamen killed 15 IRGC killed 1+ killed | 3 killed and several captured | |||||||||
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111 civilians killed 370,000 civilians displaced | ||||||||||
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian opposition groups called the Military Operations Command led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups in the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the Ba'athist government's armed forces in Aleppo and Hama Governorates in Syria. Codenamed Deterrence of Aggression by HTS, this was the first military offensive campaign launched by opposition forces in the Syrian civil war since the March 2020 Idlib ceasefire. On 29 November 2024, HTS entered Aleppo and captured most of the city, as the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) collapsed. The next day, opposition forces made rapid advances, capturing dozens of towns and villages as government forces disintegrated, and advanced toward Hama and subsequently capturing it on 5 December. This offensive begun a series of offensives that led to fall of Damascus.