Al-Otaiba ambush
The Al-Otaiba ambush was a successful military operation conducted on 26 February 2014 by Hezbollah against al-Nusra militants at Al-Otaiba, a village in East Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria. In the ambush, a long, single-file column of alleged al-Nusra Front fighters were obliterated by multiple, simultaneous IED blasts. They were then targeted by Hezbollah with additional secondary explosions and small-arms fire. Hezbollah received minor support from the Syrian Army in the ambush.
| Al-Otaiba ambush | |||||||
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| Part of the Syrian civil war | |||||||
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| Al-Nusra Front |
Hezbollah Supported by: Syria | ||||||
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| Unknown commander † |
Mustafa Badreddine Ra'fat Salman Abu Rahhal | ||||||
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| 100-200+ | Unknown | ||||||
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US Army: 100+ killed Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 152 killed, 7 captured Syrian government:175–192 killed, 58 wounded/captured | None (claim) | ||||||
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Various reports suggest that over 100 al-Nusra fighters were killed, which makes the ambush a major victory for Hezbollah. According to analysts, the operation may have tightened the government's grip on east Damascus.
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