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 Opposition forces control the northern half of the city; Government forces control the southern half of the city; The Syrian Army, supported by Hezbollah launches a counter-offensive in April 2013;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; Fatah al-Islam	Syrian Arab Republic; Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Abu Arab; Mustafa Bakr; Abdel Ghani Jawhar †	Unknown
Units involved
Free Syrian Army Farouq Brigades; Wadi Brigades; 77th Brigade; ;	Syrian Army 1st Armoured Division; ; Security agencies;
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 against the Free Syrian Army in the small city of Al-Qusayr, near Homs, during late winter and spring of 2012.