2013 Latakia offensive
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Latakia Offensive Map.svg
Situation in the Latakia Governorate in August 2013
  Syrian Army control
  Opposition control
Date4–19 August 2013
(2 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Latakia Governorate, Syria
Result

Syrian Army victory

  • Rebel forces initially capture 13 villages
  • Army counter-attack recaptures all of the villages
  • Rebels kill at least 190 civilians and took more than 200 as hostages
Belligerents

Al-Qaeda

  •  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
  • Al-Nusra Front

Syrian Islamic Front

  • Ahrar ash-Sham
  • Ansar al-Sham

Junud al-ShamHarakat Sham al-Islam

Free Syrian Army

SyriaSyrian Arab Republic

  • Syrian Armed Forces
  • National Defense Force
Syrian Resistance
Commanders and leaders

Walid Aouss 
(Rejal Ahoudou Allah Leader)
Kahtane Haaj Mohammed 
(al-Tawhid Brigade Commander)
Ans Chyghani 
(Al Izzatullah wal nasr minAllah Brigade Commander)
Abu Moaz
(Ahrar al-Sham Commander)
Abu Mustafa
(Ansar al-Din Commander)
Muslim Abu Walid al Shishani
(Junud al-Sham Commander)


Abu al-Hassan Ammar 
(FSA spokesman)
Hilal al-Assad
(Latakia NDF commander)
Nizar al-Khatib 
(Tartus NDF commander)
Mihrac Ural
(Syrian Resistance Commander)
Units involved
Suqour al-Ezz
Liwa al-Mujahideen
Kataib Ansar al-Sham
Harakat Sham al-Islam
Katibat al Muhajiroon
Ahrar ash-Sham
Ansar al-Din Front
Junud al-Sham

1st Armoured Division

  • 58th Mechanized Brigade

3rd Armoured Division

  • 47th Armoured Brigade
Syrian Air Force
Strength

1,500–2,000 fighters

  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant1,500
5,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
107 fighters killed
(up until Army counter-attack)
114–127 soldiers and 44 militiamen killed
190–205 civilians killed