2012 battle of the Syrian civil war
35°59′49″N 36°47′12″E / 35.9969°N 36.7866°E / 35.9969; 36.7866Result | Syrian Army victory |
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Syrian opposition | Syrian Arab Republic |
Commanders and leaders |
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Hassan Aboud Abu Ali Bard | Unknown |
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Unknown | 1st Armoured Division 300 soldiers, 50 tanks |
Casualties and losses |
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Unknown | 9 tanks[4] |
120 killed in total (opposition claim)[5] |
class=notpageimage| Location within Syria |
Syrian civil war |
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- Timeline
- January–April 2011
- May–August 2011
- September–December 2011
- January–April 2012
- May–August 2012
- September–December 2012
- January–April 2013
- May–December 2013
- January–July 2014
- August–December 2014
- January–July 2015
- August–December 2015
- January–April 2016
- May–August 2016
- September–December 2016
- January–April 2017
- May–August 2017
- September–December 2017
- January–April 2018
- May–August 2018
- September–December 2018
- January–April 2019
- May–August 2019
- September–December 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
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Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012) |
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Rise of the Islamic State (Jan. – Sept. 2014) |
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U.S.-led intervention, Rebel & ISIL advances (Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015) |
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Russian intervention (Sept. 2015 – March 2016) |
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Aleppo escalation and Euphrates Shield (March 2016 – February 2017) |
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Rebels in retreat and Operation Olive Branch (Nov. 2017 – Sep. 2018) |
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Idlib demilitarization (Sep. 2018 – April 2019) |
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First Idlib offensive, Operation Peace Spring, & Second Idlib offensive (April 2019 – March 2020) |
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Idlib ceasefire (March 2020 – present) |
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Syrian War spillover and international incidents |
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- Iraqi–Syrian border incidents
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Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war |
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Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels U.S.-led intervention against ISIL |
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The Battle of Taftanaz started on February 11, 2012, in Idlib Governorate, between anti-government fighters and Syrian Arab Army troops participating in a nationwide crackdown on dissent against Bashar Assad's government. Heavy fighting took place on the outskirts of the town of Taftanaz, killing 20 people.[6][7] On the day of the battle Kofi Annan announced a cease-fire for the Syrian conflict.
By 5 April, the military captured Taftanaz's city center, which was defended by 200 armed rebels, after a two-hour battle, following which the army reportedly rounded up and executed 82 people. It was unknown how many were opposition fighters and how many were civilians.[8]
Two months after, it was called a "massacre" in the town of Taftanaz, two-thirds of the population had left. The town had been a centre for opposition protests until the army had raided it with tanks on 3 April. Witnesses in the town said that tanks shelled the town from four sides before armored cars brought in dozens of soldiers who dragged civilians from their homes and gunned them down in the streets, and they also claimed that the soldiers looted, destroyed and torched hundreds of homes, bringing some down on their owners' heads. Videos showed this, and 62 people were killed during the attack, despite the town only having a small rebel presence. Nine Syrian Arab Army tanks were destroyed by homemade bombs as they left the town.[4]
References
- ^ "July 2014 Briefs".
- ^ Abouzeid, Rania (July 26, 2012). "Time Exclusive: Meet the Islamist Militants Fighting Alongside Syria's Rebels". Time.
- ^ "Spiegel Reports From Inside the Syria's Idlib Province". Der Spiegel. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Article no longer available". Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ Refugee flow quickens as Syrian deadline approaches Archived April 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Fierce attacks across Syria leave 101 dead; Annan sets to address U.N. On crisis". Archived from the original on 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ^ Syria violence kills 80
- ^ "Survivors tell of bloody aftermath to fight in Taftanaz, Syria". miamiherald. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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