Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014)

Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014)
	Part of the Syrian Civil War (Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign)
Date	29 August – 22 November 2014; (2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Damascus, Syria
Result	Syrian government victory Army captures Heteta al-Jersh, Adra, Tal Kurdi, Al-Rayhan, the al-Alia farms, Wadi ‘Ayn Tarma, Hosh Al-Farah, Al-Mayda'a, Balaa Al-Jadeeda and most of Jobar; Army recaptures al-Dukhaniyya and Kabbasa after temporarily losing them; Army fails to completely secure Zabdin which continued to be contested;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; UMCEG Jaysh al-Islam; Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; Hezbollah; PFLP-GC; Usud al-Cherubim
Commanders and leaders
Khaled al-Haboush; (Damascus Military Council commander); Abu Mohammad al-Golani; (Al-Nusra Front leader); Zahran Alloush; (Jaysh al-Islam leader)	Unknown
Units involved
Unknown	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 4th Armoured Division; Republican Guard 105th Mechanized Brigades; Lionesses of Defense Armored Battalion; ; ; National Defence Forces;
Strength
30,000	~25,000
Casualties and losses
678 killed (government and rebel claims)	175 killed (government and rebel claims)

The Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014) was a Syrian Army offensive in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, that was launched in late August 2014, as part of the Syrian Civil War.

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