Battle of Rastan (2011)

First Battle of Rastan
	Part of the Early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War
Date	27 September – 1 October 2011; (4 days)
Location	Rastan, Homs Governorate, Syria34°54′55″N 36°44′08″E / 34.91525°N 36.735485°E
Result	Syrian Army victory Syrian Army retakes the city;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; Civilian rebels	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Army; Syrian Air Force;
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Abdul Rahman Sheikh Ali †; 1st Lt. Ahmad Mustafa al-Khalaf †	Unknown
Units involved
Khalid ibn al-Walid Battalion	1st Armoured Division
Strength
1,000	900 soldiers; 250 tanks and armored vehicles
Casualties and losses
130 killed*; 3,000 opposition supporters arrested	13 killed; 32 wounded
	*The number of dead on the rebel side includes both opposition fighters and civilian protesters
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Syria

A battle for control of Rastan, a city of 60,000 residents in Homs Governorate, Syria, occurred from 27 September to 1 October 2011. In late September, there were reports of numerous Syrian Army defections in the area, following which the Free Syrian Army took control of Rastan. After a four-day battle, the city was retaken by the Syrian Army.

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[autogenerated1-1] "Syrian forces pound western city in battle against defectors". CNN. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[2] "The view from Damascus: Assad regime is 'weak' and 'robbing banks' to finance repression". News - Telegraph Blogs. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[3] "Martyr Abdul Rahman Sheikh Ali". Symbols of the Syrian Revolution. 3 October 2011.

[4] "Ahmad Mustafa al-Khalaf". Violations Documentation Center in Syria. 28 September 2011.

[5] "Syrian tanks pound anti-Assad fighters for 2nd day". Reuters. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[6] "Pro-Assad forces regain rebel Syrian town: agency". Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[gulfnews-7] "Syrian troops arrest 3,000 people in Rastan". Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[8] 13 killed (27 September–1 October),[1][2], total of 13 reported killed Archived October 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[9] "Fri, 30 Sep 2011, 09:37 GMT+3 - Syria". Al Jazeera Blogs. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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