Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015)

Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015)
Part of the Syrian Civil War
(Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign)

Map of the territorial control in southern Damascus during the battle, on 4 April 2015
  Controlled by the Syrian Government
  Controlled by the Syrian opposition
  Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
  Truce/ceasefire zones
Date1–20 April 2015
(2 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Yarmouk Camp, Southern Damascus, Syria
Result

Partial ISIL victory

  • 2,000 people were evacuated from the district[7]
  • Rebels repel ISIL attack on the al-Qaboun and Barzah districts[8]
  • Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis dissolves[1]
Territorial
changes
  • ISIL and al-Nusra Front initially seized 95% of the district,[9] gains later reduced to 40%[10]
    • Belligerents

    Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

    al-Nusra Front[1][2]    		 Jaysh al-Islam[3]
    Free Syrian Army
    Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis Surrendered[1]

    Syrian Arab Republic

    Palestine Liberation Army[4]
    PFLP-GC[5]
    Fatah al-Intifada[4]
    PPSF[6]
    Commanders and leaders
    Unknown Zahran Alloush
    (Jaysh al-Islam leader)
    Abo Hammam
    (Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis leader)[11]
    Ahmad Zaghmout (WIA)
    (Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis leader)[1]    		 Ahmed Jibril (PFLP-GC leader)[12]
    Units involved

    Military of ISIL

    		Syria Liwa Sham al-Rasul[3]
    Liwa al-Asifa[13]
    Jaysh al-Ababil[14]
    1st Brigade[15]    		 Jihad Jibril Brigade
    Popular Committee-Yarmouk Refugee Camp
    Casualties and losses
    80 killed[16]
    (Jaysh al-Islam claim)
    36 killed[4]
    (PFLP-GC claim)    		 9–15 killed,[2][4] 10 captured[17] 5 killed[2]
    8–13 civilians executed by ISIL[18][19]
    38 killed overall (8 civilians; SOHR)[18]
    4,000 civilians displaced[20]

    The Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) broke out in April 2015, during the Syrian Civil War, when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stormed the rebel-held Yarmouk Camp. The Yarmouk Camp is a district of Damascus that is home to the largest community of Palestinian refugees in Syria.[21]

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    2. ^ a b c Master. "Jabhat al-Nusra and IS take control on 90% of the Yarmouk camp". Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
    3. ^ a b "Army of Islam on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
    4. ^ a b c d Leith Fadel (6 April 2015). "Complete Report from the Yarmouk Camp; Palestinian Resistance on the Offensive". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
    5. ^ AFP (17 December 2012). "Syria hits back at UN over Palestinian refugees". Syria. NOW. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
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    12. ^ "Corrections and clarifications". The Guardian. London. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
    13. ^ Jerusalem Post. "The PFLP-GC have accused the Liwa al-Asifa of trying to stir up trouble within the Palestinian refugee community in Yarmouk, while Syrian rebels have accused the PFLP-GC of stifling Palestinian dissent against Assad." [1]
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    16. ^ Kareem Shaheen (6 April 2015). "UN warns situation in Damascus refugee camp is 'beyond inhumane'". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
    17. ^ Master. "Explosion near Tal Tamir, and IS captures 10 militants in the Yarmouk camp". Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
    18. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference offers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
    19. ^ "Daesh kills 13 in Yarmouk refugee camp: activists". Al Bawaba. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
    20. ^ "Yarmouk's Palestinians: 'Waiting for death to knock'". Retrieved 9 May 2015.
    21. ^ "Syria rebels 'clash with army, Palestinian fighters'". Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2016.