Eastern Homs offensive (2017)

Eastern Homs offensive (2017)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Russian military intervention in Syria
	; Situation in southern Syria from 6 February to 30 April; Government advances are shown at the top of the map.
Date	5 March – 12 May 2017; (2 months and 1 week)
Location	Tadmur District, Eastern Homs Governorate, Syria
Result	Syrian government victory The Syrian Army expands the buffer zone around Palmyra by capturing more than 230 square miles of territory around the city;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic; Russia; Allied militias:; Hezbollah	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Hassan Sultan †; (5th Corps commander); Mahmoud Wanous †; (NDF commander); Ali Muhammad Beaz †; (Hezbollah commander)	Abu Hamid al-Sukhni †; (ISIL commander)
Units involved
Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 10th Mechanised Division; 11th Armored Division; 18th Armoured Division; 5th Corps al-Assad Shield Forces; ISIL Hunters; ; Republican Guard 800th Regiment; ; Syrian Marines; Tiger Forces Shahin Group (until 11 February); ; ; National Defence Forces Qalamoun Shield; Golan Regiment; al-Shaitat tribe militias; ; Military Intelligence Directorate Military Security Shield Forces; Desert Commandos Regiment; ; Air Force Intelligence Directorate Fawj Nusur Homs; ; Syrian Air Force; Russian Armed Forces Russian Air Force; Special operations forces advisors; Hezbollah Radwan Forces; Syrian Hezbollah units al-Ridha Forces; al-Ghalibun; Imam Mahdi Brigade; ;	Military of ISIL
Strength
4,900+	Unknown

The Eastern Homs offensive in 2017 was a military operation of the Syrian Arab Army and its allies in Eastern part of Homs Governorate against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces during the Syrian Civil War.

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