Syria Update: Regime Breaks Siege of Wadi al-Deif
April 18, 2013 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/FSA_fighter_prepares_to_shot_RPG_4_1_0.jpg?itok=j6NKBHRW)
On April 14, 2013, regime forces broke the 6-month siege of the Wadi al-Deif and Hamidiya military compounds outside of Maarat al-Numan, putting the rebel opposition in the area on the defensive and reestablishing overland supply lines to the bases.