Battle of Maaloula
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.
| Battle of Maaloula | |||||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War | |||||||||
Overview of Maaloula | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ahrar ash-Sham Qalamoun Liberation Front |
Syrian Arab Republic
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Abu Mohammad al-Golani (Al-Nusra Front commander) Abu Khaled (Baba Amr Revolutionaries Brigade commander) | Unknown | ||||||||
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11th Armoured Division
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| ~400 | 3,000 | ||||||||
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| 19+ killed, 150 wounded | 8+ killed | ||||||||
| At least three or five civilians executed and six kidnapped by Al-Nusra militants | |||||||||
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Rif Dimashq campaign (Syrian civil war) | |
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