Hama offensive (March–April 2017)

Hama offensive (March–April 2017)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
	; Map of the offensive actions, as of 21 April 2017
Date	21 March – 28 April 2017; (1 month and 1 week)
Location	Northern Hama Governorate, Syria
Status	Syrian Army and allies victory The rebels captured about 40 positions, including at least 11 villages and towns, coming within 3 km of Hama city; The Syrian Army recaptured all lost territory, as well as ones lost in the previous offensive including the cities of Taybat al-Imam and Halfaya;
Belligerents
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham; Free Syrian Army; Ajnad al-Sham; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; Ajnad al-Kavkaz; Katibat al Ghuraba al Turkistan Ahrar al-Sham; Free Syrian Army	Syrian Government; Iran; Russia; Allied militias:; Hezbollah; Iraqi Shia militias; Ba'ath Brigades; Liwa Zainebiyoun; Liwa Fatemiyoun; SSNP
Commanders and leaders
Abu Mohammad al-Julani; (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham commander); Capt. Abu Taleb al-Hasan; (Army of Victory commander); Abu Mahmoud; (Army of Victory commander); Col. Mustafa Bakeware; (Free Idlib Army senior commander); Col. Abdul Hamid Zakaria; (Free Idlib Army commander); Killed: Abu Ahed †; (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham commander); Abu Al-Fateh †; (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham commander); Muhammad Al-Taayshi †; (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham elite forces commander); Ali Ahmad Al-Abboud †; (Ajnad al-Sham commander); Abd Al-Hameed Al-Hudairy †; (Army of Victory commander); Jumaa Al-Khaled †; (Army of Glory commander); Saher Saleh †; (Army of Glory senior commander); Mohammed Jallad †; (Army of Glory senior commander); (Free Idlib Army commander); Ameen al-Biori †; (Free Idlib Army top commander); Ahmad Al-Rammah abu Ibrahim †; (Commander-in-chief of the Central Division)	Suhayl al-Hasan; (Tiger Forces commander); Juma al-Jassim; (Syrian Army artillery and missile department director); Qasem Soleimani; (Quds Force chief commander); Killed: Hossam Ahmed Asaad †; (Syrian Army commander); Haidar Saleh †; (Syrian Army commander); Unnamed Syrian Army lieutenant colonel †; Saeed Khajeh Salehani †; (IRGC field commander); Hossein Moez-Qolami †; (IRGC field commander); Saqib Haider Karbalai †; (Liwa Zainebiyoun commander)
Units involved
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Special forces; Inghimasi unit; Organization of Muhajiri of Ahl al-Sunnah in Iran; ; Free Syrian Army Jaysh al-Izza; Jaysh al-Nasr; Free Idlib Army; Authenticity and Development Front; Jaysh al-Nukhba; Elite Division; Central Division; Sons of the Levant; 23rd Division; Martyrs of Islam Brigade; ;	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 11th Armored Division 47th Brigade; 87th Brigade; ; Tiger Forces; 5th Corps; Suqur al-Sahara; Qalamoun Shield Forces; ; National Defence Forces Local militias: Elite Soldiers of Sallah Assi, Leopards of Idlib, Tigers of Qamahana; Golan Regiment; ; Assad ash-Sharq; Air Force Intelligence Directorate Guardians of the Dawn; ; Syrian Air Force; ; Iranian Armed Forces IRGC Basij; Quds Force; ; ; Russian Armed Forces Russian Air Force; Russian Ground Forces; Special operations forces; ; Syrian Hezbollah Al-Ghalibun; ; Iraqi Shia militias Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba; LAAG; ;
Strength
6,000–10,000+ fighters 600 TFSA fighters;	12,000–15,000+ soldiers including Allied militias and support elements SSNP: c. 1,000+;
Casualties and losses
250 killed and 750 wounded (per the rebels); 2,400 killed (per SAA)	259 reported killed, estimates up to 427 58+ foreign fighters killed(8 IRGC, 1 Russian)
	Several hundreds killed and captured

The Hama offensive (March–April 2017) was a military offensive launched by Syrian rebel groups led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) north of the city of Hama, as part of the Syrian Civil War. The offensive began on 21 March 2017, and the rebels aimed to recapture areas recaptured by the Syrian Armed Forces in the 2016 Hama offensive, as well as pushing into Hama city. The offensive was coordinated with rebel forces in Damascus' eastern suburbs, who launched their own operation in March 2017. Though the rebels had some initial success, reaching the outskirts of Hama, these gains were stopped and eventually reversed by Syrian government counter-attacks, which by the end of April had recaptured all of the territory lost the previous month.