Palmyra offensive (2016–17)
| Palmyra offensive (December 2016) | |||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War Military intervention against ISIL Russian military intervention in Syria |
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.svg) Map showing territory captured by ISIL since 8 December 2016. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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 CJTF–OIR
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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"al-Mukahal" Amr As’ad † (Leading ISIL commander for Palmyra operations) Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti(ISIL senior commander, redeployed to Raqqa front after 11 December) Abu Hafs al-Mashrifi(ISIL Security Chief in Homs) Umar As'ad †(ISIL top commander) |
 Col. Ali Shaheen(leading operations commander 10–11 December) Maj. Gen. Suheil al-Hassan(leading operations commander since 14 December) Maj. Gen. Shawkat(Desert Commandos commander) Brig. Gen. Hussein Khader † Maj. Sanal Sanchirov †(Air Assault battalion commander)  Brig. Gen. Hassan Akbari †(IRGC Ground Forces commander) |
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| Units involved | |||||||
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Military of ISIL
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| Strength | |||||||
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4,000–5,000 militants |
3,000+ fighters(by the beginning of the offensive)
Unknown number of reinforcements
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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149 killed (per The Inside Source) 630 killed (pro-government claims) |
100 killed, 200 wounded and 30 missing (per the Army) 182 killed (per SOHR) 352 killed, 22 captured (pro-ISIL claim) |
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Partial ISIL victory
Syria Russia Iran
Allied militias:
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Liwa Zainebiyoun
Kata'ib al-Imam Ali
Hezbollah
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