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Battle of Murak

Battle of Murak
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date 1 February – 23 October 2014
(8 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location Murak, Syria
Result

Syrian Army victory

  • Rebels capture and hold Murak for nine months and cut supply lines to government forces in Khan Shaykhun and the Wadi al-Daif and al-Hamidiyah Army bases
  • Syrian Army recaptures Soran in February 2014 and Murak in October 2014
Belligerents

Islamic Front
Al-Nusra Front
Syria Free Syrian Army

Sham Legion

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Mondher Saras (Sham Legion leader)
Syria Lt. Col. Ahmad Al-Sa’oud (13th Division leader)
Syria Colonel Suheil al-Hassan
(Final Assault only)
Units involved

13th Division

Knights of Justice Brigade
11th Tank Division

Syrian Army victory

Islamic Front
Al-Nusra Front
Syria Free Syrian Army

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

13th Division

The Battle of Murak was a battle in the Hama Governorate during the Syrian Civil War, between the rebels and the Syrian Government. The clashes were concentrated around and in the eastern side of the town of Murak (or Morek), as the Syrian Army tried to regain the town after it was lost to the rebels on 1 February 2014.


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