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Rif Dimashq offensive (June–October 2016)

Rif Dimashq offensive (June–October 2016)
Part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign (Syrian Civil War)
Rif Damashq.svg
Battle map of Damascus as of December 2016
Date 21 June – 30 October 2016
(4 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Location Eastern Ghouta, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
Result

Syrian Army victory

  • Army and Hezbollah capture Mayda’a Al-Bahariyah, Hawsh Al-Farah, Hawsh Nasri, Tell Sawwan and Tell Kurdi
Belligerents

Syrian Arab Republic

Emblem of the Palestine Liberation Army.svg Palestine Liberation Army
Hezbollah
al-Jabalawi Battalion

border=no Guardians of the Dawn

Jaysh al-Islam
Al-Nusra Front
Al-Rahman Legion
Syrian opposition al-Majd Brigades
Fajr al-Ummah

Ahrar al-Sham
Commanders and leaders
Col. Naeem Ahmed 
(Republican Guard commander)
Tofiq Khalid al-Khansour 
(Jaysh al-Islam senior commander)
Abdul Nasr Shmeir
(Al-Rahman Legion chief commander)
Abu Allam
(Al-Rahman Legion commander)
Abu Na’im
(Al-Rahman Legion commander)
Units involved

Syrian Army

Ministry of Interior

Syrian opposition al-Majd Brigades

  • Abo Mosa Al Ashaari Brigade
Strength
15,000 Unknown

Syrian Army victory

Syrian Arab Republic

Emblem of the Palestine Liberation Army.svg Palestine Liberation Army
Hezbollah
al-Jabalawi Battalion

Jaysh al-Islam
Al-Nusra Front
Al-Rahman Legion
Syrian opposition al-Majd Brigades
Fajr al-Ummah


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