Battle of Qalamoun | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian civil war | |||||||
![]() Frontlines in the Qalamoun Mountains in April 2014 Syrian Government control Opposition control Hezbollah Presence Contested For a war map of the current situation in Rif Dimashq, see . |
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gen. Badi Ali |
![]() (Qalamoun commander) ![]() (Qalamoun deputy commander) ![]() (Lebanon commander) ![]() (Qalamoun commander) ![]() (Qalamoun deputy commander) ![]() (Qara commander) ![]() (local Yabrud commander) |
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Strength | |||||||
~10,000 Syrian Army troops(deployed for the assault on Yabrud) |
25,000–30,000 rebels | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
First phase: Unknown Second phase: 180 killed (47 Hezbollah fighters; Army claim) 1,800 killed and injured (140 Hezbollah fighters); (opposition claim) |
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) |
Syrian Government control Opposition control Hezbollah Presence Contested
10 February – 16 March 2014
(1 month and 6 days) (Second phase)
Decisive Syrian Army & Hezbollah victory
Hezbollah
Arab Nationalist Guard
Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas
Al-Nusra Front
Islamic Front
Free Syrian Army
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant