2013 Latakia offensive
The 2013 Latakia offensive, (called The Descendants of Aisha, Mother of the Believers by Salafist jihadists, and the Operation Liberation of the Coast by the Free Syrian Army and its supporters) was a campaign during the Syrian Civil War launched by rebel groups led by Salafi jihadists in the Latakia Governorate. The stated aim of the offensive was to conquer al-Haffah city, but government supporters assumed conquering Mount Nabi Younes was more likely the real aim. A calculated side effect may have been to spark more sectarian violence in Syria by carrying out a sectarian attack on an Alawite-majority area. The offensive began in early August 2013. During the campaign, rebel forces captured a dozen villages. However, in mid-August, the military counter-attacked and recaptured all of the t
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2013 Latakia offensive
The 2013 Latakia offensive, (called The Descendants of Aisha, Mother of the Believers by Salafist jihadists, and the Operation Liberation of the Coast by the Free Syrian Army and its supporters) was a campaign during the Syrian Civil War launched by rebel groups led by Salafi jihadists in the Latakia Governorate. The stated aim of the offensive was to conquer al-Haffah city, but government supporters assumed conquering Mount Nabi Younes was more likely the real aim. A calculated side effect may have been to spark more sectarian violence in Syria by carrying out a sectarian attack on an Alawite-majority area. The offensive began in early August 2013. During the campaign, rebel forces captured a dozen villages. However, in mid-August, the military counter-attacked and recaptured all of the t
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The 2013 Latakia offensive, (c ...... previously lost to the rebels.
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(up until Army counter-attack)
107 fighters killed
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*Ahrar ash-Sham
*Al-Nusra Front
*Ansar al-Sham
*National Defense Force
*Syrian Armed Forces
Free Syrian Army
Harakat Sham al-Islam
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2013-08-19
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* Army counter-attack recaptures all of the villages
* Rebel forces initially capture 13 villages
* Rebels kill at least 190 civilians and took more than 200 as hostages
Syrian Army victory
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1,500–2,000 fighters
5,000 soldiers
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Situation in the Latakia Governorate in August 2013'''
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Al-Qaeda
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* Al-Nusra Front ...... l-Islam
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Free Syrian Army
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Syrian Arab Republic
* Syrian Armed Forces
* National Defense Force
Syrian Resistance
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Abu al-Hassan Ammar
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Abu Moaz
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Abu Mustafa
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Ans Chyghani
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Hilal al-Assad
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Kahtane Haaj Mohammed
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Nizar al-Khatib
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the Syrian Civil War
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Syrian Army victory
* Rebel fo ...... took more than 200 as hostages
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