Battle of Sadad

Battle of Sadad
Part of the Syrian civil war and the persecution of Syrian Christians[1][2]
Date21–28 October 2013
(1 week)
Location
Result Syrian Army victory[3]
Belligerents

Al-Nusra Front
Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant


Syria Free Syrian Army

Syria Syrian Arab Republic

Strength
2,000 fighters[4] 1,000 soldiers[4]
Casualties and losses
100+ killed[5] 100+ killed[5]
46 civilians killed,[6] 30 wounded, 10 missing[7]

The Battle of Sadad was fought during the Syrian Civil War, in October 2013, when rebel forces attacked the town of Sadad, an Orthodox-Christian Aramean (Syriac) majority town.[8][9] 46 local men, women, and children were killed by rebel forces during the battle.[6][5][10]

  1. ^ "The aramaic Villages – Sadad".
  2. ^ https://books.google.de/books?id=cBDZAAAAMAAJ&q=صدد+الآراميين،+سوريا&dq=صدد+الآراميين،+سوريا&hl=de&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWqOT1_fmCAxVFgP0HHS8IDYoQ6AF6BAgKEAM#صدد%20الآراميين،%20سوريا, p.73 "Sadad SALTATHA: Today, it is a large village and the center of the Sadad district in the Homs region (6,000 residents of Syriac Orthodox origin). It is located in the Fayafi area. The Arameans are known as Syrians or Syriacs."
  3. ^ "L'armée a repris le village chrétien de Sadad". 7s7. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Syria: Opposition Abuses During Ground Offensive". 19 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Approximately was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b "Canada 'at odds' with allies on Syria: memo". 19 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference massgrave was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "The aramaic Villages – Sadad".
  9. ^ https://books.google.de/books?id=cBDZAAAAMAAJ&q=صدد+الآراميين،+سوريا&dq=صدد+الآراميين،+سوريا&hl=de&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWqOT1_fmCAxVFgP0HHS8IDYoQ6AF6BAgKEAM#صدد%20الآراميين،%20سوريا, p.73 "Sadad SALTATHA: Today, it is a large village and the center of the Sadad district in the Homs region (6,000 residents of Syriac Orthodox origin). It is located in the Fayafi area. The Arameans are known as Syrians or Syriacs."
  10. ^ "Christians in Syria Feel Forgotten as Mass Graves Found in Sadad". 5 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

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