Qalamoun offensive (2017)

Qalamoun offensive (2017)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon and Syrian Civil War
	; Battle of Western Qalamoun (2013–2017) Syrian Government & Hezbollah control Lebanese Government & Hezbollah control Syrian Opposition control For a war map of the current situation in Rif Dimashq, see here.
Date	21 July 2017 – 28 August 2017; (1 month and 1 week)
Location	Western Qalamoun Mountains, Lebanon–Syria border
Result	Syrian Army, Hezbollah and Lebanese Army victory Saraya Ahl al-Sham surrender, transferred with their families to eastern Qalamoun; 7,000 Syrian refugees and Tahrir al-Sham fighters transferred to Idlib; Hezbollah took over the Arsal valley and concluded a ceasefire with members of Tahrir al-Sham on the transfer to the province of Idlib; ISIL remnants agree to withdraw to Abu Kamal.; The Lebanese Army and Syrian Army gain full control of the Syrian-Lebanese border for the first time in six years.; End of the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon;
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The Qalamoun offensive (2017) was a military operation launched by Hezbollah, the Syrian Arab Armed Forces, and later the Lebanese Armed Forces, against members of Tahrir al-Sham and the Islamic State (IS) on the Lebanon–Syria border. The Lebanese Army denied any coordination with Hezbollah or the Syrian Army.