The 2012 Homs offensive was a Syrian Army crackdown on the opposition stronghold of Homs, within the scope of the Siege of Homs, beginning in early February 2012 and ending with the U.N. brokered cease fire on April 14, 2012.
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| - The 2012 Homs offensive was a Syrian Army crackdown on the opposition stronghold of Homs, within the scope of the Siege of Homs, beginning in early February 2012 and ending with the U.N. brokered cease fire on April 14, 2012.
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| Commander
| - Gen. Fo’ad Hamoudeh
- Gen. Ghassan Afif
- Col. Ahmed Jumrek
- Gen. Mohamed Maaruf
- Lt. Abdul Razzaq Tlass
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| - Neighbourhoods in Homs under artillery bombardment .
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| Casualties
| - 19(xsd:integer)
- 38(xsd:integer)
- 140(xsd:integer)
- 700(xsd:integer)
- Tens of killed and 40 captured
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| Result
| - Syrian Army victory
*Large civilian and rebel casualties
*By July 2013, the Syrian army retakes control of most districts, including Khaldiya, leaving them in control of at least 80 percent of the city
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| - Note: Numbers of dead are only for the period up to the fall of the Baba Amr district
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- Syrian government
*Syrian Army
*Security agencies
*Shabeeha
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- Farouq Brigades
Khalid bin Walid Battalion
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| - The 2012 Homs offensive was a Syrian Army crackdown on the opposition stronghold of Homs, within the scope of the Siege of Homs, beginning in early February 2012 and ending with the U.N. brokered cease fire on April 14, 2012. The offensive began by artillery bombardment by the Syrian armed forces in response to an attack by the Free Syrian Army on Syrian Army checkpoints on 3 February 2012, killing 10 soldiers. Government forces then began to bombard the city using tanks, helicopters, and artillery, rockets and mortars. The Syrian government has denied that the bombardment is indiscriminate and blamed "armed groups" for the civilian deaths, including the deaths of foreign journalists. Heavy shelling continued on 29 February, as forces loyal to Assad launched a ground operation to retake control of the Baba Amr neighbourhood. The Syrian government announced that the army was being sent into the area and were "cleaning" it from rebel fighters, and that the operation would be over in a matter of hours. At this stage, water supplies, electricity and communications were entirely cut off in the Baba Amr district according to opposition activists. Heavy clashes continued throughout the day, as the Syrian Army's 4th Armoured Division sent in tanks and infantry. Baba Amr was finally secured by the Syrian army on the morning of 1 March, as rebel forces claimed they had made a "tactical retreat" from the area, after running low on weapons and ammunition.
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