Siege of Eastern Ghouta
| Siege of Eastern Ghouta | |||||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
 Aerial bombardment of Eastern Ghouta by the Syrian Air Force on 8 February 2018 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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 Jaysh al-Ummah  (2014–15) |
 Iran Russia (since 2015)Allied militias:  Hezbollah LAAG Liwa al-Quds Palestine Liberation Army PFLP-GC Arab Nationalist Guard Liwa Fatemiyoun SSNP Free Palestine Movement
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Essam al-BuwaydhaniAbdul al-Nasr Shamir |
 Colonel Ghayath Dalla Suheil al-Hassan
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| 10,000 fighters (in 2016) | 15,000 fighters (in 2018) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| 12,763 killed civilians (March 2011 to February 2018, per SNHR) ~18,000 killed overall (Eastern Ghouta hospital sources) 105,000 displaced (2018) |
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Syrian Army and allies victory
Jaysh al-Islam 
Al-Rahman Legion 
Ahrar al-Sham 
Tahrir al-Sham 
Free Syrian Army
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