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Battle of Hosn

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Battle of Hosn
Part of Syrian civil war
Krak des Chevaliers 29-Village
Hosn village
Date20 March 2014
LocationAl-Husn, Homs Governorate, Syria
Result

Syrian Army victory

Belligerents

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Flag of the Islamic Front (Syria) Islamic Front

Commanders and leaders
Unknown Abu Abdullah al-Hamawi
(Ahrar al-Sham commander)
Abu Suleiman Dandashi †
(Ahrar al-Sham brigade commander)
Khalid al-Mahmoud † (Jund al-Sham commander)
Strength
Unknown 300[1]
Casualties and losses
Several killed[1] 40[2]–93[1] killed (Army claim)
12 killed (opposition claim)[3]

Civil uprising (March–July 2011)

Start of insurgency (July 2011–April 2012):

Cease-fire and civil war
(May 2012–December 2013):

Rise of the Islamists (January–September 2014)

Multinational intervention against the Islamic State (September 2014–)

International incidents:


The Battle of Hosn was a one-day battle around the village of Hosn and its proper centered around the 600-year-old medieval crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers, a UNESCO world heritage site that had been in the hands of rebel fighters along with Hosn itself, since 2012. The Syrian Army's objective during the battle was to sever the rebel's supply route of recruits and weapons coming in and out of Lebanon.[1][3][4]

On the morning of 20 March, fighting started around early dawn[1] with heavy bombardment of the castle,[3] where three-hundred rebels were believed to reside,[1] and the town of Hosn itself.[3] An agreement was reached the previous day between both sides per which the rebels would be granted safe passage to the Lebanese border, according to an opposition activist.[3] But the military commander leading the battle denied this and stated they refused to grant the rebels held up in the castle safe passage from the fortress and made the final push into it after seeing the rebels retreating.[1] In turn, another opposition activist claimed the military ambushed people fleeing Hosn near the Lebanon border leaving many dead.[3] Government troops overran the castle by the early afternoon.[1] The fighting killed 12 rebel fighters, including Abu Suleiman Dandashi, an Ahrar al-Sham brigade commander and Lebanese national.[3] According to military sources, 40–93 rebels were killed as they retreated, including the leader of the jihadist Jund al-Sham rebel group, Khaled al-Mahmud.[1][2] Several soldiers were also killed.[1] After the capture of Hosn and the castle, the Army announced full control of the western part of the Homs Governorate.[5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Syrian army says 93 rebels killed fleeing castle
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Syria army seizes famed Crusader fort in border push
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Syrian Troops Capture Crusader-Era Citadel
  4. ↑ Syria army retakes famed Crusader castle in border push
  5. ↑ Syrian army says has control of western Homs province
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