Eastern Qalamoun offensive (April 2018) | |||||||
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Part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign (Syrian Civil War) and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
![]() Map of the operation | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() (Tiger Forces) ![]() (42nd Armored Brigade) |
![]() (head of rebel negotiations committee in Dumayr) | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 1,500[6] |
On 17 April 2018, rebel groups in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains pocket, led by Jaysh al-Islam, reached a surrender agreement with the Syrian Army and Russia. The agreement came after 2 weeks of negotiations that began with a Syrian Army ultimatum on 3 April.[7] Around 1,500 rebels handed over heavy weapons and equipment to the Syrian Army, and were evacuated by 124 buses in 4 convoys to Turkish-held areas in the northern Aleppo Governorate along with their families, totaling around 5,000 people.[6] On 25 April, the last batch of rebels and their families left the eastern Qalamoun pocket, and the region came under full Syrian government control.[8]
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