Battle of Maaloula
2013 battle of the Syrian Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Maaloula took place during the Syrian Civil War fought in September 2013, when rebel forces attacked the town of Maaloula, a Christian majority town in which the population speaks mainly Western Neo-Aramaic. The town is located 56 km to the northeast of Damascus, and built into the rugged mountainside, at an altitude of more than 1500 metres.
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Battle of Maaloula | |||||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
Overview of Maaloula | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ahrar ash-Sham[3] Qalamoun Liberation Front[3] | Hezbollah | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Abu Mohammad al-Golani (Al-Nusra Front commander) Abu Khaled (Baba Amr Revolutionaries Brigade commander)[6] | Unknown | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Unknown |
11th Armoured Division
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Strength | |||||||||
~400 | 3,000 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
19+ killed, 150 wounded | 8+ killed | ||||||||
At least three or five civilians executed[7] and six kidnapped[8] by Al-Nusra militants |
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