Battle of Maaloula
| 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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Syrian government Syrian Social Nationalist Party Hezbollah | |||||||||
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Ahmed al-Sharaa (Al-Nusra Front commander) Abu Khaled (Baba Amr Revolutionaries Brigade commander) | Unknown | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
| ~400 | 3,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 19+ killed, 150 wounded | 8+ killed | ||||||||
| At least three or five civilians executed and six kidnapped by Al-Nusra militants | |||||||||
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The Battle of Maaloula took place during the Syrian Civil War fought in September 2013, when rebel forces attacked a military field in 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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