Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)

Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War
	; Situation in Idlib Governorate as of 14 June 2015. Syrian Army control Syrian Opposition control
Date	22 April – 14 June 2015; (1 month, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Idlib and Hama Governorates, Syria
Result	Army of Conquest-led rebel victory
Belligerents
Army of Conquest Al-Nusra Front; Ahrar ash-Sham; Sham Legion; Jaysh al-Sunna; Liwa al-Haqq; Jund al-Aqsa; Ajnad ash-Sham; Imam Bukhari Jamaat; Ajnad al-Kavkaz Junud al-Sham; Jabhat Ansar al-Din; Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria; Katibat Tawhid wa Jihad (Uzbeks, Uzbek: Tavhid va Jihod katibasi);	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; National Defense Force; Hezbollah; Syrian Social Nationalist Party; Syrian Resistance; Reinforcements:; Liwa Fatemiyoun
Commanders and leaders
Abu al-Miqdad; (al-Nusra commander of Idlib); Abu Ahmad †; (al-Nusra military leader); Col. Jemiel Radoon; (Falcons of al-Ghab commander); Abu al-Hassan; (Ahrar ash-Sham senior commander); Abu Humam; (Ariha region military leader); Muslim Abu Walid al Shishani ; (Junud al-Sham leader); Abu Rida Al-Turkestani †; (Katibat Turkistani leader)	Maj. Gen. Wahib Haidar; (commander of Idlib province); Gen. Jamal Younis; (commander of Hama province); Maj. Gen. Mehi al-Din Mansour †; (Special Forces commander); Col. Suheil Al Hassan; (Special Forces commander); Col. Mahamoud Subha; (Hospital commander); Mohamed Khair al-Sayyed; (Governor of Idlib); Dr. Ghassan Khalaf; (Governor of Hama); Ali Shalli; (NDF leader of N/W Hama)
Units involved
Ansar al-Sham; 1st Coastal Division; 13th Division; 101st Division; Falcons of Mount Zawiya Brigade; Knights of Justice Brigade; Falcons of al-Ghab	87th Brigade; 155th Brigade; al-Qawat al-Nimr Brigade; 54th Special Forces Regiment; Reinforcements:; 106th Republican Guard Brigade; 40th Tank Brigade; Suqur al-Sahara; Hezbollah Units
Strength
9,000–12,000 fighters	5,000 (Ariha area); 1,000 (Al-Ghaab Plain); 120–150 (National Hospital)
Casualties and losses
221+ killed (SOHR claim); 700–850 killed (Syrian Army claim)	325+ killed and 300 captured or missing (SOHR claim); 100+ killed (Syrian Army claim); 500 killed (rebel claim)
	27 civilians killed; 23 prisoners & 3 friendly officers executed by the SAA and IRGC
	* 20+ executed (opposition claim); ** 200 soldiers and civilians in total were taken captive

The northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015), dubbed by the rebels as the Battle of Victory, took place in the Idlib and Hama governorates during the Syrian Civil War.

The campaign consisted of a three-pronged attack, with the two main assaults spearheaded by Ahrar ash-Sham, al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra and other Islamist factions under the banner of the Army of Conquest, and the remaining attack force including collaboration with Free Syrian Army brigades. The commander of the FSA 13th Division stated that coordinating with other groups such as al-Nusra Front did not mean they were aligned with them. Within days, the rebels captured the city of Jisr al-Shughur and later on an Army base. The success of the campaign was attributed to better coordination between the Syrian opposition's backers. Still, the operation resulted in a high attrition rate for both sides.

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