Abu Dali, Idlib
During the Syrian Civil War, it was controlled by tribal leaders loyal to the government. It did not see much violence in the first years of the war, and had functioned as a local economic hub between rebel-run areas and those under government forces. A National Defence Forces (pro-government militia) garrison was located there from 2014. The garrison was besieged by Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces in October 2017. The attack, filmed by HTS, shows a unit of hundred soldiers, few motos, vehicles and tanks, overrunning the local defense. The attack sparked a protracted ground battle between the government and HTS, with government and Russian warplanes attacking HTS targets in the area. The Syrian Army recaptured it in late December 2017.
References
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- ^ Abu Dali “a free zone” between the opposition and the regime… a Syrian deputy facilitates operations, Enab Baladi 29/06/2016
- ^ Syrian forces enter one of Islamic State group's last strongholds, France24, 6 October 2017
- ^ The state of Syria’s northwest Archived 2020-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, Syria Direct, 28 November 2017
- ^ Tomson, Chris (9 October 2017), VIDEO: Al-Qaeda captures scores of Syrian Army vehicles amid battle for Abu Dali, Al-Masdar News
- ^ "Syrian Army captures strategic town in southeast Idlib". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. 2017-12-29. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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