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The Second Battle of Idlib ("Operation to Free Idlib") was a military operation in the Idlib Governorate, during the Syrian Civil War, conducted by rebels against Syrian government forces defending Idlib city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian rebels launch offensive to capture Idlib city )〕 ==The battle== On 24 March 2015, the newly established Fattah Army operation room ("The Army of Conquest") urged people in Idlib city to remain indoors. Later that day, two fighters from Jund al-Aqsa blew themselves up near Army checkpoints,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria rebels storm Idlib city in three-pronged attack )〕 on the eastern side of the city, followed by a three-pronged assault on Idlib.〔 The rebels took control of the Sadkop Factory at the eastern outskirts of the Industrial District and advanced towards the Old Textile Factory before soldiers from the 11th Tank Division arrived to reinforce the NDF and push back rebel fighters to the east, securing the perimeter around the Idlib Public Cemetery. Meanwhile, at the northwestern entrance to Idlib, the rebels attacked a number of NDF checkpoints, reaching the northern side of the Youth Housing.〔 Overall during the day, the rebels captured seven checkpoints, but the Army managed to recapture four of them,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=At least 20 members of the regime forces and allied militiamen killed in the vicinity of the city of Idlib )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian rebels seize ancient town near Jordan border )〕 including reportedly re-securing the northern perimeter of the Youth Housing.〔 According to a rebel commander, the clashes resulted in the death of many fighters from both sides.〔 The SOHR put the death toll at 20 government fighters〔 and 19 rebels,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=More air strikes and human losses in Der-Ezzor city and Idlib )〕 including three suicide bombers. Two of the bombers were foreigners from Gulf states.〔 According to a military source, 44 rebels and 16 soldiers were killed.〔 Five soldiers were also captured.〔〔 During the attack, the al-Nusra Front used US-made BGM-71 TOW captured from Western-backed rebel groups.〔 In response to the rebel assault on Idlib, government forces reportedly launched a chlorine bomb attack on the rebel-held town of Binnish, leaving dozens of people hospitalized. The next day, the air force also struck the town of Saraqib, killing 11 civilians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Assad regime airstrikes kill 10 in Syrias northern Idlib province )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Photos shows the regime checkpoints seized by the Islamic factions )〕 On 25 March, the rebels regained the four checkpoints they lost the previous day, while a fourth suicide car-bombing occurred near the city. Throughout the day, the fighting focused on the eastern entrance to the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Qaeda's Syria wing battles to enter regime-held Idlib )〕 In the evening, according to government sources, more elements of the 11th Tank Division arrived in Idlib and launched a counter-attack in the Industrial District.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Peto Lucem on Twitter )〕 In the day's fighting, Abu Jamil Yusuf Qutb, the deputy leader of Ahrar ash-Sham, was killed〔 during an attack on an Army checkpoint near Idlib.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ibn Nabih on Twitter )〕 The Hezbollah commander Al Hajj Walaa was also killed that day.〔 Rebel sources reported that 36 soldiers were executed in Idlib for passing information to the rebels for the offensive.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian army executes 36 soldiers for alleged links with opposition )〕 By the end of the second day of fighting, the rebels were in control of 17 checkpoints and military outposts, according to the SOHR.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian Government Shells Kill 18 in South, Activists Say )〕 Military sources acknowledged the rebels were in control of the factories to the east of the city, with the Al-Sina’a (Industrial) Quarter being contested. However, the sources stated the Youth Housing and Al-Mahraab Quarters were declared safe zones after the rebels were driven back to the outskirts, following multiple artillery strikes by the 155th Brigade at the Hama Military Airport. On 26 March, heavy fighting took place around the eastern entrance of Idlib,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=معارك عنيفة على المدخل لشرقي لمدينة إدلب )〕 which lasted into the night, killing 26 rebels and 4 soldiers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Islamists advance in fierce clashes for Syria's Idlib: monitor )〕 According to opposition sources, rebels captured the Al-Sina’a (Industrial) Quarter and managed to besiege the towns of Kafrayah and al-Fu'ah, after capturing a number of checkpoints connecting these towns with Idlib.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Update Map: The Military Situation in Idlib – New Rebel Offensive - Syria - March 26, 2015 )〕 The military denied this and stated that the alleged rebel gains were fabricated, but acknowledged the rebels reached the city gates for the first time since the offensive started.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Battle for Idlib Intensifies; Syrian Army Reinforcements Arrive )〕 On 27 March, clashes in and around Idlib continued, leaving 14 rebels and 6 soldiers dead.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Street-to-street fighting begins as rebels enter Idlib )〕 One of the rebels killed was a Saudi commander (emir) in the al-Nusra Front.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clashes continue in Idlib city and Reef Dimashq )〕 For the first time, the rebels managed to enter the city neighbourhoods, after they advanced from the northwestern and southeastern sides of Idlib. At this point, the city was almost completely encircled by rebel groups, leaving only two exit routes for government forces.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Islamists enter flashpoint city in northwest Syria: monitor )〕 The advance into the city came after the NDF retreated from the northern silos, and the opposition fighters captured most of the Hara North district and farms of Hara West.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zero Hour has arrived in Idlib; battle reaches critical stages )〕 On 28 March, after NDF reinforcements arrived, at 6 A.M., a government counterattack was launched,〔 which forced the rebels to withdraw from inside of Idlib, and government troops recaptured areas on the city outskirts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fierce fighting breaks out in the city of Idlib, and withdrawal of the Islamic factions inside the city )〕 However, later in the day, rebel forces made new advances into Idlib, and at that point, were in control of up to 24 checkpoints and some neighbourhoods in the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic battalions advance in Idlib )〕 It was also reported that the rebels captured the pro-government journalist Abdul Ghani Jaruch.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mark on Twitter )〕 Hours later, rebels seized control of most of the city after government forces pulled back, except for the government and security buildings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Qaeda seizes 'majority' of Syria's Idlib: monitor )〕 However, by the end of the day, rebels were in full control of the city,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Qaeda, allies seize Syria's Idlib city in blow to regime )〕 with scanning and mopping-up operations continuing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Idlib province is out of regime’s control )〕 During the Syrian government's retreat, 15 prisoners who were being held at the military intelligence headquarters were reportedly executed, while the rebels captured six tanks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ISTANBUL: Al Qaida affiliate seizes major city in northern Syria - World - The Sun Herald )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syrian forces executed prisoners before fleeing Idlib: Monitor )〕 Rebels managed to free 53 prisoners from the same complex.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Video: Ahrar al-Sham movement releases 53 detainees from regime prisons )〕 Syrian government troops regrouped south of the city, and were preparing for a possible attack by rebel forces.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Syria forces regroup after Islamists seize Idlib - Global Times )〕 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「Second Battle of Idlib」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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