Battle of Qalamoun (2013)

Battle of Qalamoun (Syrian Government & Allied militias: & Hezbollah & Arab Nationalist Guard vs Al-Nusra Front & Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant & Green Battalion Free Syrian Army & Islamic Front) took place in 2013 during Syrian Civil War.

Battle facts

• Year: 2013
• Date: 15 December 2013
• Era: Contemporary
• Conflict: Syrian Civil War
• Side A: Syrian Government, Allied militias:, Hezbollah, Arab Nationalist Guard
• Side B: Al-Nusra Front, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Green Battalion Free Syrian Army, Islamic Front
• Commanders (A): Gen. Badi Ali
• Commanders (B): Abu Malek al-Tallah, Abu Azzam Al-Kuwaiti, Ahmed al-Assir, Abu Ayman al-Iraqi Ahmad Nawaf Durra, Firas Qassem
• Casualties: First phase: Unknown Second phase: 180 killed (47 Hezbollah fighters; Army claim) 1,800 killed and injured (side A), First phase: 100 killed and captured (An-Nabk battle; Army claim) Second phase: 1,479 killed, including at least 13 commanders (Army claim) Low hundreds of losses (opposition claim) (side B)
• Outcome: Syrian government victory
• Coordinates: 34.002°, 36.823°

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Sources

Wikipedia article on Battle of Qalamoun · Wikidata entry