First Battle of al-Qusayr

First Battle of al-Qusayr
	Part of the Syrian War early insurgency phase and Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war
Date	10 February – 20 April 2012; (2 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Location	Al-Qusayr, Homs Governorate, Syria
Result	Stalemate The FSA controls the northern half of the city, the Army controls the southern half.; The Syrian Army, supported by Hezbollah launches a counter-offensive in April 2013;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Army; Security agencies; Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Abu Arab (FSA); Bakr Mustafa (FSA); Abdel Ghani Jawhar (Fatah al-Islam) †	Unknown
Units involved
Farouq Brigades (FSA); Wadi Brigades; 77th Brigade (FSA)	1st Armoured Division
Strength
Unknown overall 120 FSA Farouq Brigade fighters; Unknown FSA 77th Brigade fighters; 30 Fatah al-Islam fighters; 1 tank;	400 Army soldiers and militia; 15 tanks

The first of the two battles in al-Qusayr was fought by the Syrian army and Shabiha^[4] against the Free Syrian Army in the small city of Al-Qusayr, near Homs, during late winter and spring of 2012.

^ "Syria's Farouq rebels battle to hold onto Qusayr, last outpost near Lebanese border". Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ "Syrian rebels, army trade blows at Qusayr in cease-fire breach". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ Havmand, Tobias (May 2012). "Free Syrian Army Struggles to Survive Amid Charges That It's Executing Opponents". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ Alexander, Harriet (2 June 2012). "The Shabiha: Inside Assad's death squads". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[ref1-1] "Syria's Farouq rebels battle to hold onto Qusayr, last outpost near Lebanese border". Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[thenewstribune.com-2] "Syrian rebels, army trade blows at Qusayr in cease-fire breach". Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[3] Havmand, Tobias (May 2012). "Free Syrian Army Struggles to Survive Amid Charges That It's Executing Opponents". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[4] Alexander, Harriet (2 June 2012). "The Shabiha: Inside Assad's death squads". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

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