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Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014)

Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014)
Part of the Syrian Civil War (Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign)
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Date 29 August – 22 November 2014
(2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location Damascus, Syria
Result

Syrian Army victory

  • Army captures Heteta al-Jersh,Adra, Tal Kurdi, Al-Rayhan, the al-Alia farms, Wadi ‘Ayn Tarma, Hosh Al-Farah, Al-Mayda'a, Balaa Al-Jadeeda and most of Jobar
  • Army recaptures al-Dukhaniyya and Kabbasa after temporarily losing them
  • Army fails to completely secure Zabdin which continued to be contested
Belligerents

Syria Free Syrian Army
UMCEG

Al-Nusra Front

Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah
PFLP-GC
border=no Usud al-Cherubim
Commanders and leaders
Syria Khaled al-Haboush
(Damascus Military Council commander)
Abu Mohammad al-Golani
(Al-Nusra Front leader)
Zahran Alloush
(Jaysh al-Islam leader) 		Unknown
Units involved
Unknown

Syrian Armed Forces
Strength
30,000 ~25,000
Casualties and losses
678 killed (government and rebel claims) 175 killed (government and rebel claims)

Syrian Army victory

Syria Free Syrian Army
UMCEG

Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Armed Forces

The Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014) was a Syrian Army offensive in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, that was launched in late August 2014, as part of the Syrian Civil War.


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