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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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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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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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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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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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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Syrian rebels in Ghouta during the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule in the 1920s...
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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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identifications and said he had not met directly with the other. Following the 2013 Ghouta chemical weapons attack, McCain argued again for strong American military...
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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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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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perspective. In one contentious article, MintPress News asserted that the Ghouta chemical attack in Syria was perpetrated by rebel groups rather than by...
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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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Eastern Ghouta, east of Damascus, and split the region into three separate pockets by 12 March. As of 17 March, 82 percent of Eastern Ghouta was captured...
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International reactions to the Ghouta chemical attack of 21 August 2013 were widespread. The Ghouta chemical attack was a chemical weapons attack in Damascus...
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the Al Ghutah (الغوطة) oasis, the location of Damascus. Eventually the Ghouta reached a size of 370 square kilometers, although in the 1980s, urban growth...
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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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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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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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Civil War. Its aim was to take control of the rebel-held part of western Ghouta. The main rebel stronghold in the region was the town of Khan al-Shih. The...
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