Battle of Sadad
The Battle of Sadad was fought during the Syrian Civil War, in October 2013, when rebel forces attacked the town of Sadad, an Orthodox-Christian Aramean (Syriac) majority town. 46 local men, women, and children were killed by rebel forces during the battle.
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| Part of the Syrian civil war and the persecution of Syrian Christians | |||||||
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Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army |
Syrian Arab Republic
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| 2,000 fighters | 1,000 soldiers | ||||||
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| 100+ killed | 100+ killed | ||||||
| 46 civilians killed, 30 wounded, 10 missing | |||||||
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