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The 2014 Latakia offensive was a rebel offensive in the Latakia Governorate of Syria launched on 21 March 2014 by rebel Islamist groups including Al-Nusra Front, which called the offensive "Anfal", while a coalition of Supreme Military Council rebel groups called the offensive "The Martyrs Mothers". The objectives of the offensive have been stated to be the taking over of all strategic observatories, government villages and the Mediterranean coast.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lattakia province )〕 Observers have stated a strategic aim was to force the Syrian army to redeploy forces to Latakia,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/05/syria-search-moderate-opposition-force-jihadists.html )〕 which would relieve pressure on other rebels elsewhere in Syria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian rebels slowly advancing in Latakia )〕 They reportedly succeeded in this with government forces being sent from Idlib, Hama and Aleppo to bolster defenses.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/04/04/Assad-s-forces-deploy-in-Latakia-to-repel-rebel-offensive.html )〕 During the offensive the Syrian military was joined by Hezbollah, Iraqi Shi'ite militia and Iranian military advisers. After almost two months of fighting, the offensive stalled and eventually petered out, with rebels losing most of their early gains.〔〔 However, the rebels' established strategic bridgehead consisting of the town of Kessab and nearby territory remained.〔 By mid-June a new advance by government forces recaptured the last rebel gains of the campaign, including Kessab.〔 The offensive, and in particular the degree of Turkish involvement in it, has been widely attributed with the deportation of the native ethnic Armenians of the town of Kessab, who make up 70% of its population, and has been compared with the past Turkish killings of Armenians during the Hamidian massacres and Armenian Genocide.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/until-last-month-this-ancestral-home-of-syrian-armenians-had-been-insulated-from-war/2014/04/02/84a97180-5224-40fc-bcdf-6920aae3a7ab_story.html )〕 ==Background== The Armenians of Kessab were previously victims of Turkish violence during the Hamidian massacres, Adana massacres and the Armenian Genocide, last two of which took place in the last century and involved the massacre of two millions of Armenians. Syria and Lebanon Researcher at Human Rights Watch Lama Fakih told the UK ''Telegraph'' rebel groups had wanted to attack Kassab for a long time, but Turkey had previously denied them access, citing a lack of unity. However, an activist told the ''Telegraph'', on March 21 “Turkey did us a big favour ... They allowed our guys to enter from their border post," allowing them to finally access Kessab. Turkey denied the allegations as “totally unfounded and untrue”, the Telegraph reported, but HRW's Fakih replied “it is not feasible that these groups could have crossed into Syria from where they did without the knowledge of the Turks.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014 Latakia offensive」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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