Ghuta (redirect from Oasis of Ghouta)
33°30′00″N 36°25′15″E / 33.50000°N 36.42083°E / 33.50000; 36.42083 Ghouta (Arabic: غُوطَةُ دِمَشْقَ / ALA-LC: Ḡūṭat Dimašq) is a countryside area in...
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The Ghouta chemical attack was a chemical attack carried out by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in the early hours of 21 August 2013 in...
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2018 in a bid to capture the rebel-held eastern Ghouta suburb during the Syrian Civil War. East Ghouta, a pocket of towns and farms, had been under government...
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The siege of Eastern Ghouta was a siege that was laid by Syrian Government forces in April 2013, to the area in eastern Ghouta held by anti-government...
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This is a list of towns and villages in the Ghouta region of Rif Dimashq. Markaz Rif Dimashq District Hizzah Saqba Hawsh al-Sultan Shabaa Zabdin Beit Sawa...
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Battle of East Ghouta may refer to: Rif Dimashq offensive (April–May 2016) East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (April–May 2016) East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict...
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East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict may refer to: East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (April–May 2016) East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (April–May 2017) This...
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The East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (April–May 2017) was an armed conflict between the rebel groups Tahrir al-Sham and al-Rahman Legion on one side, and...
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region of Eastern Ghouta, where Jaysh al-Islam was the largest rebel faction, as was Liwa al-Islam before. Following the fall of Ghouta to Assad’s forces...
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battle launched by the rebels around Tall Kurdi, Adra and Harasta in Eastern Ghouta. On 11 September, the Jaysh al-Islam grouping launched the offensive towards...
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The East Ghouta inter-rebel conflict (April–May 2016) was an armed conflict between the rebel coalition of Jaish al-Fustat, consisting of the al-Nusra...
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The Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta (Arabic: الْقِيَادَةُ الْعَسْكَريَّةُ الْمُوَحَّدَةُ فِي الْغُوطَةِ الشَّرْقيَّةِ, romanized: al-Qiyādat...
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The Report on the Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on 21 August 2013 was a 2013 report produced by a team appointed by United...
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conducted by pro-Assad forces. The deadliest incident was a chemical attack in Ghouta on 21 August 2013, which caused the deaths of 1,100–1,500 civilians. In...
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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...
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as the Al-Rahman Corps, is a Syrian rebel group that operated in Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, and in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains. It...
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Syrian rebels in Ghouta during the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule in the 1920s...
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the siege in Ghouta. This led to public criticism, with many in the media wondering how he could travel to Turkey and come back while Ghouta was under siege...
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military's capture of parts of the eastern section of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta. On 21 June, 102nd Brigade of the Republican Guard, backed by the Palestine...
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the Eastern Ghouta area of Damascus to form a similar coalition, but this call was rejected by the Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta, a grouping...
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capital. In March 2018, Guterres said the population of Syria's Eastern Ghouta was living in "hell on earth". In one district, 93% of buildings had been...
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around Damascus city ring. Siege of Eastern Ghouta (May 2013 – April 2018): The Syrian Army captures Eastern Ghouta. Rif Dimashq offensive (March–August 2013):...
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centre of Douma District. Douma is a major city of the region known as Ghouta, for the peri-urban settlements to the east and south of Damascus. During...
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response to the use of chemical weapons against civilians during the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack, president Barack Obama asked Congress to authorize the...
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forces permanent (July–December 2017) Army advance in Hama province and Ghouta; Turkish intervention in Afrin (January–March 2018) Douma chemical attack;...
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dead' in Eastern Ghouta". Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017. "Security tension in Al-Ghouta after the joining...
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from mountain streams fed by melting snow. Damascus is surrounded by the Ghouta, irrigated farmland where many vegetables, cereals, and fruits have been...
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section of the rebel-held East Ghouta, as government forces exploited concurrent large-scale rebel infighting in East Ghouta that left around 500 rebels...
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the French Mandate. His main area of operations was in Damascus and its Ghouta countryside. He was killed in the struggle and is considered a hero by Syrians...
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suburb of Damascus, during the Syrian Civil War Harasta, in the eastern Ghouta area, had been a rebel-held city for parts of the Syrian Civil War, despite...
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