2017 Hama offensive (2017 AD)
2017 Hama offensive (Eastern front: & Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham & Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria & Ajnad al-Sham & Free Syrian Army & Western front: & Ahrar al-Sham & Free Syrian Army vs Syrian Government & Allied militias: & Hezbollah & Iraqi Shia militias & Ba'ath Brigades & Liwa Fatemiyoun & SSNP) took place in 2017 AD during Syrian Civil War.
Battle facts
- Year: 2017 AD
- Date: 2017-04-28
- Era: Contemporary
- Conflict: Syrian Civil War
- Side A: Eastern front:, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria, Ajnad al-Sham, Free Syrian Army, Western front:, Ahrar al-Sham, Free Syrian Army
- Side B: Syrian Government, Allied militias:, Hezbollah, Iraqi Shia militias, Ba'ath Brigades, Liwa Fatemiyoun, SSNP
- Commanders (A): Ahmed al-Sharaa, Capt. Abu Taleb al-Hasan, Abu Mahmoud, Col. Mustafa Bakeware, Col. Abdul Hamid Zakaria
- Commanders (B): Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan, Maj. Gen. Juma al-Jassim, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Gen. Haidar Saleh, Unnamed Syrian Army lieutenant colonel
- Casualties: approx. 250 killed and 750 wounded (per the rebels)
2,400 killed (per SAA)259 reported killed, estimates up to 427 58+ foreign fighters killed
- Coordinates: 35.197°, 36.735°
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