Qalamoun offensive (2014)

Qalamoun offensive (2014)
Part of the Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war and Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon

Battle of Western Qalamoun (2013–2017)
  Lebanese Government & Hezbollah control
  Syrian Government & Hezbollah control
  Syrian Opposition control
For a war map of the current situation in Rif Dimashq, see here.
Date21 June[1] – 7 August 2014
(1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Qalamoun Mountains, Syria and Arsal, Lebanon
Result

Partial Syrian Army & Hezbollah/Lebanese Army victory

  • Hezbollah captures all hills around rebel hideouts on both sides of the border establishing a siege[2]
  • Lebanese Army recaptures the Lebanese town of Arsal from rebel forces[3]
Belligerents

Islamic Front
Free Syrian Army

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Al-Nusra Front

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Hezbollah

Lebanon Lebanon
Commanders and leaders
Abu Hasan al-Homsi †
(Arsal commander)[4]
Abu Ahmed Jumaa (POW)[3]		 Lebanon Jean Kahwaji
Units involved

Syria Syrian Armed Forces

Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces
Strength
3,000 fighters[1] 12,000 Lebanese Army[7]
Casualties and losses
20+ killed (Syrian and Lebanese government claims)[8][9][10]

Unknown Syrian and Hezbollah casualties

20 Lebanese soldiers killed,[10][11] 85 wounded[12] and 24 captured (14 released, 4 executed)[13][14][15]
20 policemen captured (6 released)[11][13][16][17]

The Qalamoun offensive (2014) was launched by the Syrian Army, in coordination with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, during the Syrian Civil War against remnant rebel forces following the previous Battle of Qalamoun which resulted in the military securing all of the towns in the region.

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  3. ^ a b "Lebanon: Islamist militants threaten to reinvade Ersal unless conditions are met". Al Akhbar English. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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  7. ^ "Syrian Islamist rebels 'withdraw from Lebanese town after truce'". BBC News. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference utmost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ a b "Captured soldiers: They will kill us, if Hezbollah remains in Syria". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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  13. ^ a b "Islamic State militants behead captive Lebanese soldier - video". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  14. ^ 2 freed (2 August),"8 Lebanon soldiers killed in Syria border clashes - Channel NewsAsia". Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014. 2 freed (3 August),[1] Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine 3 freed (5 August),[2] Archived 2014-08-05 at the Wayback Machine 3 freed (6 August),[3] 4 freed (30 August),[4] total of 14 soldiers freed
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  17. ^ "Militants free two ISF members captured in Arsal clashes". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2015.