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The First Battle of the Shaer gas field occurred in mid-July 2014 during the Syrian Civil War when radical jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) attacked and captured the field from government forces, which was followed by an Army counter-attack. It was one of the deadliest battles up-to-date in the war between fighters of the militant group and government troops.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Reports: At least 115 Syrian troops, workers killed in Islamic militants’ seizure of gas field )〕 ==Battle== On the evening of 16 July 2014,〔 ISIS militants launched a massive assault on the Shaer field, located in the desert region of Palmyra in Homs province. The attack started with a suicide bombing, followed by assaults on Army checkpoints. After 12 hours of fighting,〔 the militants captured all eight military checkpoints and secured the gas field.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scores killed after ISIS seize Syria gas field )〕 Out of 370 NDF militiamen present at the start of the attack, only 30 managed to escape to the nearby Hajjar field.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ISIS SEIZES GAS FIELDS, STRENGTHENS ITS PRESENCE IN SYRIA )〕 Days later, it was reported that some of the military officers committed betrayal at the start of the attack.〔(Ongoing clashes for 48 hours for the Shaer gas field )〕 After the raid, ISIS posted online a video purportedly showing two rocket launchers and two tanks that they captured〔 and the bodies of 50 people lying in an open desert space, many apparently executed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian army clashes with ISIS near Deir al-Zor airport )〕 It was determined 270 people on the government side, including 11 civilian workers, were killed,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jihadists kill 270 in Syrian gas field 'massacre' )〕 with at least 200 of them executed after being captured.〔 Another 200–250 government fighters and workers remained captured or missing,〔〔(Clashes have been going on 48 hours in the Shaer gas field )〕 while 21–27 ISIS militants were killed.〔 Government supporters branded the killings of the soldiers as a “massacre” and the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights condemned the killings with the SOHR director stating: “The Observatory condemns summary execution as a war crime, regardless of which side it is committed by in the Syrian conflict. Summary execution is a war crime — whether of civilians or combatants. They are prisoners of war and must not be executed.”〔 Soon after, the military launched an attempt to recapture the gas field, which included air strikes.〔 The next day, Syrian special forces joined the battle as government troops recaptured parts of the Shaer field. 11–20 soldiers〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria fights to free gas field from Islamic State )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Battle for Syria gas field after jihadists execute hundreds: NGO )〕 and 30–40 ISIS fighters were killed during the day's clashes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria aims to retake gas field )〕 On 19 July, government aircraft withdrew from the field due to heavy militant fire from 23-mm heavy machine guns,〔 while the fighting settled into hit-and-run attacks〔 after government forces managed to recapture large areas of the gas field but were still trying to take control of the surrounding areas.〔 Later, it was reported 60–65 soldiers were killed during the day, ether by friendly fire airstrikes or in fighting against ISIS.〔(The killing of 65 of the regime's forces in Shaer gas field )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=60 Syria soldiers dead in battle with jihadists )〕 On 20 July, government forces pushed ISIS out of the gas field and secured it, while fighting continued on its outskirts.〔 According to another source, the Islamic State was still in control of the gas field, despite efforts of the Army.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Islamic State thwarts Syrian government forces on two front )〕 The next day, new government reinforcements arrived at Tiyas airbase, east of Homs city,〔(6 barrel bombs on Nawa and continuing clashes at Shaer gas field. )〕 while more fighting left six soldiers dead.〔 On 26 July, the Army secured the gas field, as well as the surrounding hills.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria Regime Forces Retake Gas Field from Jihadists )〕 The capture of the field came after ISIS forces retreated. According to the military, this was achieved due to a "precise operation in which dozens of terrorists were killed." The ISIS itself claimed they retreated after destroying the field's equipment and capturing at least 15 tanks and dozens of rockets which were used to guard the field, thus achieving their goal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria retakes Homs gas field from hardline group )〕 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「First Battle of the Shaer gas field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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