| 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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 Hezbollah | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Abu Mohammad al-Julani (Al-Nusra Front commander) Abu Khaled (Baba Amr Revolutionaries Brigade commander)[6] | Unknown | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| 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[7] and six kidnapped[8] by Al-Nusra militants | |||||||||
The Battle of Maaloula took place during the Syrian Civil War fought in September 2013, when rebel forces attacked 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.
- ^ a b "Syrian Christian Village Besieged By Jihadists". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
- ^ "Protecting Civilians and Safeguarding Cultural Heritage". National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "The SSNP 'Hurricane' in the Syrian conflict: Syria and South Lebanon Are The Same Battlefield|Al-Akhbar in English". Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ a b Syria gov’t gains Christian site Maaloula Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Robert Fisk in Damascus: Assad's troops may be winning this war in Syria's capital - untouched by Obama's threats
- ^ "Syria rebels withdraw from ancient Christian town of Maaloula". BBC News. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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