Al-Otaiba ambush

Al-Otaiba ambush
	Part of the Syrian civil war
Date	26 February 2014
Location	Ghouta, Syria
Result	Hezbollah victory
Belligerents
Al-Nusra Front	Hezbollah; Supported by:; Syria
Commanders and leaders
Unknown commander †	Mustafa Badreddine; Ra'fat Salman Abu Rahhal
Strength
100-200+	Unknown
Casualties and losses
US Army: 100+ killed; Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 152 killed, 7 captured; Syrian government:175–192 killed, 58 wounded/captured	None (claim)

The Al-Otaiba ambush was a successful military operation conducted on 26 February 2014 by Hezbollah against al-Nusra militants at Al-Otaiba, a village in East Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria. In the ambush, a long, single-file column of alleged al-Nusra Front fighters were obliterated by multiple, simultaneous IED blasts.^[4] They were then targeted by Hezbollah with additional secondary explosions and small-arms fire. Hezbollah received minor support from the Syrian Army in the ambush.^[4]^[7]

Various reports suggest that over 100 al-Nusra fighters were killed, which makes the ambush a major victory for Hezbollah. According to analysts, the operation may have tightened the government's grip on east Damascus.^[8]

^ "Mostafa Badreddine: What You Planted in Syria is Being Harvested". Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ "Eastern Ghouta: Rebels kill one of al-Otaiba ambush masterminds". zamanalwsl.net. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
^ "175 rebels killed near Damascus, Syrian government says". Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Williams, Angela (January 2017). "Threat Tactics Report: Hizballah". 1.0. United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.
^ ^a ^b "175 rebels killed near Damascus, Syrian government says - Finance News - London South East". Lse.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Syrian Army Conducts A Massive Operation Near The Jordanian Border". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ "Mostafa Badreddine: What You Planted in Syria is Being Harvested". alahedlb.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ "Syrian forces 'kill many rebels' in Eastern Ghouta". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 28 February 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[1] "Mostafa Badreddine: What You Planted in Syria is Being Harvested". Retrieved 18 August 2022.

[2] "Eastern Ghouta: Rebels kill one of al-Otaiba ambush masterminds". zamanalwsl.net. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.

[3] "175 rebels killed near Damascus, Syrian government says". Retrieved 18 August 2022.

[j-4] Williams, Angela (January 2017). "Threat Tactics Report: Hizballah". 1.0. United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.

[175rebels-5] "175 rebels killed near Damascus, Syrian government says - Finance News - London South East". Lse.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[Massive-6] "Syrian Army Conducts A Massive Operation Near The Jordanian Border". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[7] "Mostafa Badreddine: What You Planted in Syria is Being Harvested". alahedlb.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 August 2022.

[8] "Syrian forces 'kill many rebels' in Eastern Ghouta". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 28 February 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

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