Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat
| Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat | |||||||||
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| Part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign (Syrian civil war) | |||||||||
Bombing of Darayya, 17 June 2016 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Syrian Government Allied militias: Hezbollah Arab Nationalist Guard Palestine Liberation Army |
Free Syrian Army Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union Al-Nusra Front Supported by: CIA (Military Operations Centre) | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Gen. Ayman Saleh (4th Brigade) Secretary General Hayder al-Juburi (Liwa Dhu al-Fiqar chief commander) Unknown Syrian Army assault leader † |
Capt. Saeed Narqash ("Abu Jamal") (Martyrs of Islam Brigade chief commander) Abdul Rahim (Martyrs of Islam Brigade commander) Osama Abu Zeid † (Martyrs of Islam Brigade field commander) Ahmad Abou Al-Majd † (Martyrs of Islam Brigade field commander) Abu Aref Alayyan † ("key rebel leader") Khaled Khodr ("The Mayor") (Conquest Brigade leader) Faysal al-Shami † (Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union commander) Abu al-‘Izz Saqr † (Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union commander) | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 3,000 | <1,000 (in Darayya by mid-2016) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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4th Brigade: 286 killed 276 wounded | 120 killed (August 2015 – July 2016) | ||||||||
| 161,700 residents displaced | |||||||||
The siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat was launched by the Syrian Armed Forces in late 2012 after rebels took over most of the Damascus suburbs of Darayya and Muadamiyat al-Sham in November 2012. Since then, the power grid in the area was cut off as the government attempted to storm the towns multiple times. During the siege the towns were continuously hit by airstrikes from the Syrian Air Force.
On 24 August 2016 it was confirmed that the rebels and the Syrian Government made a deal in which the rebels would leave the city. They would be able to leave and would be sent up to Idlib with their families. The rest of the civilians would be relocated. The town of Muadamiyat al-Sham was also surrendered on 19 October under a similar agreement.