Battle of Taftanaz 2012
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 3 April 2012 – 5 April 2012 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2012 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Syria | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Syrian Civil War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 35.9969, 36.7867 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Taftanaz started on February 11, 2012, in Idlib Governorate, between anti-government fighters and Syrian Arab Army troops participating in a nationwide crackdown on dissent against Bashar al-Assad's government. Heavy fighting took place on the outskirts of the town of Taftanaz, killing 20 people. On the day of the battle Kofi Annan announced a cease-fire for the Syrian conflict.
By 5 April, the military captured Taftanaz's city center, which was defended by 200 armed rebels, after a two-hour battle, following which the army reportedly rounded up and executed 82 people. It was unknown how many were opposition fighters and how many were civilians.
Two months after, it was called a "massacre" in the town of Taftanaz, two-thirds of the population had left. The town had been a centre for opposition protests until the army had raided it with tanks on 3 April. Witnesses in the town said that tanks shelled the town from four sides before armored cars brought in dozens of soldiers who dragged civilians from their homes and gunned them down in the streets, and they also claimed that the soldiers looted, destroyed and torched hundreds of homes, bringing some down on their owners' heads.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Taftanaz (revision 1370275113), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; shortened by selecting paragraphs and trimming at a sentence boundary; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
Nearby battles
- Siege of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya 2015 · 8 km
- Siege of Base 46 2012 · 11 km
- Battle of Sarmin 1115 · 12 km
- Battle of Saraqib 2012 · 15 km
- Battle of Idlib (2012) 2012 · 16 km
- Battle of Idlib (2015) 2015 · 16 km
Other battles of the Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Homs 2011
- Siege of Rastan and Talbiseh 2011
- Siege of Talkalakh (May 2011) 2011
- Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) 2012
- Battle of Azaz (2012) 2012
- Battle of Douma 2012
- Battle of Idlib (2012) 2012
- Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–13) 2012
- Battle of Tremseh 2012
- Battle of Zabadani (2012) 2012
All 63 battles of the Syrian Civil War →
Browse more: battles in Syria · Asia · Post-1945 battles