Samadanieh al-Sharqiyeh

Samadanieh al-Sharqiyeh (Arabic: صمدانية الشرقية) is a village in the Quneitra Governorate of southern Syria. It is south of the towns of Khan Arnabah and Madinat al-Baath, and near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.^[1]

Samadanieh al-Sharqiyeh صمدانية الشرقية
Village
Samadanieh al-Sharqiyeh Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33.1567463°N 35.8857797°E / 33.1567463; 35.8857797
Country	Syria
Governorate	Quneitra Governorate
District	Quneitra District

Attacks

During the Syrian civil war, Samadanieh al-Sharqiyeh became a site of clashes between forces loyal to the Assad regime and the opposition in 2017.^[2][1]

After a stray mortar shell from fighting in Syria landed in an open area in the northern Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli Air Force targeted Assad-regime forces in Samadanieh al-Sharqiyeh, which caused damage and destroyed mortar launchers.^[3][4][5]

See also

• Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights
• Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war