✦ History

Battle of Damascus (2012)

July 15 – August 4, 2012 · Damascus

Result Syrian government victory

Syrian rebels attacked parts of Damascus after a bombing killed senior security officials. Government forces drove the rebels out of the city.

On the map Contemporaries

Syria

Syrian Opposition

Other

Syria
Syrian opposition
Free Syrian Army
Bashar al-Assad military commander Maher al-Assad military commander Dawoud Rajiha military commander Ali Abdullah Ayyoub military commander Assef Shawkat military commander
Ahmed al-Sharaa military commander

Strength and losses

Vehicles lost
c. 14
Civilian deaths
140

Units

Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 4th Armoured Division (Syria) Syrian Republican Guard 3rd Armoured Division (Syria) 7th Mechanized Division (Syria) Syrian Air Force