Qaboun offensive (2017)

Qaboun offensive (2017)
	Part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign (Syrian Civil War)
	; Battle map of Damascus as of 30 May 2017
Date	18 February – 29 May 2017; (3 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Location	Qaboun, Barzeh and Jobar, Damascus, Syria
Result	Syrian Army and allies victory Syrian Army repels an attempted rebel counterattack from Jobar; Rebels and family members are transported from Qaboun and Barzeh to the Idlib Governorate, after which the Syrian Army takes control of the neighborhoods;
Belligerents
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; Palestine Liberation Army Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba	Tahrir al-Sham ; Free Syrian Army ; (until 7 May); Fajr al-Ummah ; (until 7 May); Ahrar al-Sham ; (until 7 May); Jaysh al-Islam ; (from 28 April)
Commanders and leaders
Brig. Gen. Ali Mahmoud; Col. Ghayath Galla	Abu Taha Ali †; (HTS's Qaboun commander); Capt. Ward ; (1st Brigade commander); 1st Lt. Hamzah Qiziz ; (al-Rahman Legion commander) Abou Ammar Al-Ghaith † (17th Brigade commander)
Units involved
Syrian Army 4th Mechanized Division 42nd Brigade; ; Republican Guard 105th Brigade; 106th Brigade; ; National Defence Forces Golan Regiment; Syrian Air Force	Free Syrian Army Al-Rahman Legion; 1st Brigade of Damascus ;
Casualties and losses
82 killed (per SOHR; 19–24 March); 165–243 killed (per Bellingcat; 24 March–15 May)	115 killed (per SOHR; 19–24 March) 800+ killed (per gov.)
	93+ civilians killed and 100+ wounded (per FSA)

The Qaboun offensive (2017) was a military operation of the Syrian Arab Army in the suburbs of Damascus against rebel forces during the Syrian Civil War. Its intended goal was to capture the Damascus suburbs of Qaboun and Barzeh from rebels led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

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