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| rdfs:label | - Battle of Damascus (2012)
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| rdfs:comment | - After the rebels initially captured half a dozen districts and killed four high-ranking government ministers in a bombing, opposition forces were forced to retreat following a military counter-attack, leaving the army in control of the capital after three weeks of fighting. It was the first time tanks and helicopters had been deployed in central Damascus and left parts of the city as a warzone.
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| Caption | - Situation in the city during the battle of Damascus. Pink indicates a conflict area.
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| Casualties | - 1
- 3
- 14
- 92
- 130
- 140
- 300
- hundreds captured
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| Result | - Syrian Army victory
* Rebel offensive repelled
* Four senior government officials killed in a bombing attack
* Sporadic insurgent attacks continue leading to a military offensive into the countryside in mid-August
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| combatant | - 23
- Syria
*Syrian Arab Army
*Shabiha
*Local Police
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| Conflict | - Battle of Damascus
- معركة دمشق
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| abstract | - After the rebels initially captured half a dozen districts and killed four high-ranking government ministers in a bombing, opposition forces were forced to retreat following a military counter-attack, leaving the army in control of the capital after three weeks of fighting. It was the first time tanks and helicopters had been deployed in central Damascus and left parts of the city as a warzone.
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