Eastern Qalamoun offensive (September–October 2016)
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The Eastern Qalamoun offensive was a large-scale military offensive against Syrian rebel positions in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains of the Rif Dimashq Governorate launched by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant along a frontline of more than 15 kilometers in the region.[5]
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Eastern Qalamoun offensive (September–October 2016) | |||||||
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Part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign of the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Jaysh al-Islam | Islamic State | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Harith Siwar (WIA)[3] (Eastern Qalamoun Jaysh al-Islam commander) Salih Nouman †[4] (Eastern Qalamoun Jaysh al-Islam commander) Abdul Rahman Abu Mansour[5] (Al-Rahman Legion deputy commander) Abu Barzan[6] (Lions of the East Army deputy commander) | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
600–1,500 fighters[5][7] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
24 rebels killed (ISIL claim)[8] 1 MiG-23 crashed[2] | 23–62 killed (rebel claim)[7][9] |
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