Palmyra offensive (March 2016)
| Palmyra offensive (March 2016) | |||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War |
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 Map showing areas captured by 26 March |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
Shi'ite militias
 Hezbollah Ba'ath Brigades Quwat al-Jalil
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 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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 Sergei Morozov †(Career 'Wagner' Private Military Contractor) |
Sultan bin 'Abdel-Rahman † (Emir of Palmyra) Khalil Mohameed †(Emir of Palmyra) |
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Military of ISIL | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,000+ | 2,000+ (per Syrian Army) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 195 killed(3 Russians, 1 Iranian) | 417 killed (per SOHR) 450 killed (per Syrian Army) 500+ killed (per Russia; 20–27 March) |
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Syrian Army victory
Shi'ite militias
Major General Suheil al-Hassan
(operations chief commander) Ali Rahmoun †
(Syrian Marines commander) Colonel Ali Shaheen
(Panther Forces Brigade commander) Colonel Shadi Isma’el
(Cheetah Forces commander) Suleiman al-Shwakh
(Desert Commandos commander) "The Uncle" Abu Ismail
(Military Security Shield Forces commander) Lt. Gen. Aleksandr Zhuravlev
(leading Russian commander) Sen. Lt. Alexander Prokhorenko †
(Spetsnaz commander)
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