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Battle of Qalamoun (2013)

Battle of Qalamoun
Part of the Syrian civil war
Battle of Qalamoun.svg
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

Belligerents

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

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

Liwa'a Zulfiqar (Iraqi militia)

Al-Nusra Front
Islamic Front
Syria 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)
Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg Ahmad Nawaf Durra 
(Qalamoun commander)
Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg Bilal Kharyoush 
(Qalamoun deputy commander)
Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg Salim Barakat 
(Qara commander)
Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg 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)

     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

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

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

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


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