The Homs Province Ambush was an armed attack on a Syrian air force base in the Homs Province

Homs Governorate

Homs Governorate is one of the fourteen muhafazat of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from 40,940 km². to 42,223 km² . It is thus geographically the largest governorate of Syria. Homs Governorate has a population of 1,763,000 . The capital is...

, between Homs

Homs

Homs , previously known as Emesa , is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is above sea level and is located north of Damascus...

 and Palmyra by the Free Syrian Army

Free Syrian Army

The Free Syrian Army is the main opposition army group in Syria. It is composed of defected Syrian Armed Forces personnel, who have been active during the 2011 Syrian uprising...

which killed 10 military personel.

The attack

On the morning of 25 November 2011 members of the Free Syrian army, (regular Syrian army defectors), attacked the air base. 10 Syrian military were killed, including "six elite military pilots" one technical officer and three other base personnel.
The Syrian military admitted the ambush, a spokesman on state television said that "An armed terrorist group undertook an evil assassination plot that martyred six pilots, a technical officer and three other personnel on an air force base between Homs and Palmyra," the spokesman vowed revenge and then he proceeded to claim that the "terrorist" attack was proof there was foreign involvement in the revolt against President Bashar al Assad's rule.

The attack was claimed by the Free Syrian Army who said seven military pilots were killed in the ambush.