2016 Hama offensive

2016 Hama offensive
	Part of the Syrian civil war and the Russian military intervention in Syria
Date	29 August – 6 November 2016; (2 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Location	Hama Governorate, Syria
Result	Rebel victory Rebels capture Halfaya, Taybat al-Imam, Suran, Maardis, Ma'an and 37 other villages and hills; Offensive halted due to inter-rebel conflict; Army recaptures Suran, Maardis, Ma'an and 18 other villages and hills;
Belligerents
Army of Conquest Jabhat Fateh al-Sham; Ahrar al-Sham; Sham Legion; Ajnad al-Sham; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; ; Jabhat Ansar al-Din Harakat Sham al-Islam; Harakat Fajr ash-Sham al-Islamiya; ; Free Syrian Army; Ajnad al-Kavkaz; Junud al-Sham;	Syrian Arab Republic; Hezbollah; SSNP; Iranian paramilitaries; Guardians of the Dawn; Russia (air strikes) Russian Air Force;
Commanders and leaders
Omran Jabayereh †; (Jund al-Aqsa senior commander); Abu Rayan Al-Hamwi †; (leader of Abna al-Sham); Abu Jassem al-Sourani †; (Abna al-Sham senior commander); Abu al-Baraa al-Hamawi; (Army of Conquest commander); Abu Heidar al-Homawi †; (Army of Conquest commander); Abu Mohammad Uzbeki †; (Turkistan Islamic Party senior commander); Abu Omar Anatol †; (Turkistan Islamic Party commander); Basel Marwan Al-Bakri †; (Ajnad al-Sham assault troops commander); Abo Ahmad Nayef †; (Jabhat Ansar al-Din commander); Abu Malek Al-Hamwi †; (Junud al-Sham top commander); Maj. Jamil al-Saleh; Mahmoud al-Mahmoud; (Jaysh al-Izza commander and spokesman); Abu Kinan; (Jaysh al-Izza commander); Mohammed al-Ashqar †; (Jaysh al-Izza commander, alleged); Capt. Mustafa Marati; (Jaysh al-Izza commander); Abu Ahmed; (Jaysh al-Nasr commander); Bassam Abo Duraid †; (Jaysh al-Nasr commander); Baha'a Al-Nizal ; (Sham Legion commander of northern Hama operations); Adnan Hababa †; (Sham Legion commander); Nayef al-Jar Abu Ahmad †; (Sham Legion commander)	Maj. Gen. Suhayl al-Hasan; (Operations chief commander); Brig. Gen. Ali Khallouf †; (11th Division commander); Maj. Gen. Ali Sharaf Makhlouf †; (87th Mechanized Brigade commander); Gen. Fadl al Din Myka'il />; (Syrian Army commander); Brig. Gen. Mohamed Ali Habib †; (Syrian Army commander); Col. Ali Shaheen; (Panther Forces commander); Fuad al-Salah †; (Leopard Forces commander); Hassan Mahfoudh; (Military Security Shield Forces commander); Osama Zamam †; (al-Assad Shield commander); Darioush Dorostei †; (Iranian commander)
Units involved
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad; Jamaat al-Murabiteen (part of JFS since 15 October); Jund al-Aqsa (part of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham since 9 October) Abna al-Sham; ; ; Free Syrian Army Sham Legion; Jaysh al-Izza; Jaysh al-Nasr Ahrar Darayya; ; Jaish al-Tahrir Sham Front; ; Free Idlib Army Northern Division; ; ;	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 11th Armored Division 87th Mechanized Brigade; 47th Regiment; ; 3rd Armoured Division Qalamoun Shield Forces; ; 4th Mechanized Division 555th Special Forces Regiment; ; Tiger Forces Panther Forces; Leopard Forces; ; Republican Guard; Syrian Marines; Desert Hawks Brigade; ; National Defence Forces Mahardah unit; Al-Suqaylabiyah unit; Taybat al-Imam unit; Masyaf unit; Hama City unit; al-Assad Shield; ; Military Intelligence Directorate Military Security Shield Forces; ; Air Force Intelligence Directorate Unit 333; Sahabat Group; ; Syrian Arab Air Force; ; SSNP Eagles of the Whirlwind Al-Suqaylabiyah unit; Mahardah unit; ;
Strength
5,500 fighters (pro-government claim)	4,000+ 1,000+ regular soldiers; 2,000+ Tiger Forces soldiers; "Hundreds" of fighters
Casualties and losses
217+ killed	84+ killed (20 executed), 1 helicopter downed
	27 civilians killed(2 executed); 100,000 people displaced

The 2016 Hama offensive, codenamed as the Battle for the Sake of God by the rebels, was a military offensive operation launched by Syrian rebels during the Syrian civil war in the northern parts of Hama Governorate as an attempt to relieve pressure on rebels fighting in Aleppo city.