2013 Hama offensive

2013 Hama offensive
	Part of the Syrian civil war
	; Frontlines in Hama Governorate during the offensive. Syrian Government control Opposition control Contested For a war map of the current situation in Hama, see here.
Date	25 April 2013 – 15 June 2013; (1 month and 3 weeks)
Location	Hama Governorate, Syria
Result	Syrian Army victory Rebels temporarily capture 10 villages, including four Alawite ones; Syrian Army captures Halfaya and 20–23 other villages, including most of the ones previously captured by the rebels;
Belligerents
Syrian National Coalition Free Syrian Army Knights of Justice Brigade; ; al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces;
Commanders and leaders
Kassem Saadeddin ; Fares Bayoush Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi	Unknown
Units involved
Unknown	17th Mechanized Division(Reserve)
Strength
8,000 fighters	2,300 soldiers; 1,000 militia

The 2013 Hama offensive was a military operation launched by Syrian rebels during the Syrian Civil War in the eastern part of the province of Hama, in an attempt to open up a new front, after rebel attacks in the governorate had stalled. The rebels managed to capture 10 villages during their offensive.^[7] However, the Army soon retaliated and reversed all of the rebels gains, as well as capturing the town of Halfaya, which the rebels captured during their previous offensive, five months earlier.

^ ^a ^b شبكة عاجل الإخبارية. "Syrian Army frees 13 villages in Hama and operates military campaigns in Latakia". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b AFP. "Syrie: l'assaut contre les rebelles de Qousseir entre dans sa 3ème semaine". LaDépêche.fr. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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^ ^a ^b Syrian Rebels Meet Setbacks on a New Front
^ AFP (17 December 2012). "Syria's PM in first Aleppo visit since outbreak of fighting". Al-Arabiya. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

[breakingnews.sy-1] شبكة عاجل الإخبارية. "Syrian Army frees 13 villages in Hama and operates military campaigns in Latakia". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[ladepeche.fr-2] AFP. "Syrie: l'assaut contre les rebelles de Qousseir entre dans sa 3ème semaine". LaDépêche.fr. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

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[setbacks-7] Syrian Rebels Meet Setbacks on a New Front

[aleppo_pm-8] AFP (17 December 2012). "Syria's PM in first Aleppo visit since outbreak of fighting". Al-Arabiya. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

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