Battle of Qalamoun (2013)

Battle of Qalamoun

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 .

Date

15 November – 15 December 2013
(1 month) (First phase)

10 February – 16 March 2014
(1 month and 6 days) (Second phase)

17 March – 26 April 2014
(1 month, 1 week and 2 days) (Third phase)

Location

Qalamoun Mountains (An-Nabek District and Yabroud District), Syria

Result

Decisive Syrian Army & Hezbollah victory

Government forces take almost full control of the Qalamoun Mountains border region, including the An-Nabek District and Yabroud District

Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah
Arab Nationalist Guard
Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas

Liwa'a Zulfiqar (Iraqi militia)

Al-Nusra Front
Islamic Front
Free Syrian Army
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Green Battalion

Commanders and leaders

Gen. Badi Ali

Abu Malek al-Tallah (WIA)
(Qalamoun commander)

Abu Azzam Al-Kuwaiti †
(Qalamoun deputy commander)

Ahmed al-Assir
(Lebanon commander)

Ahmad Nawaf Durra †
(Qalamoun commander)

Bilal Kharyoush †
(Qalamoun deputy commander)

Salim Barakat †
(Qara commander)

Firas Qassem †
(local Yabrud commander)

Strength

~10,000 Syrian Army troops(deployed for the assault on Yabrud)

15,000 Hezbollah fighters (opposition claim)

25,000–30,000 rebels

Casualties and losses

First phase:
Unknown
Second phase:
1,800 killed and injured (140 Hezbollah fighters; opposition claim)
180 killed (47 Hezbollah fighters; Army claim)

First phase:
100 killed and captured (An-Nabk battle; Army claim)
Second phase:
500–1,479 killed, including at least 13 commanders (Army claim)
Low hundreds of losses (opposition claim)