Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign

Part of the Syrian Civil War, the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign consists of several battles:

• Rif Dimashq clashes (November 2011–March 2012): Damascus centre under government control, protests largely suppressed in the city.
• Rif Dimashq offensive (August–October 2012): Syrian Army seizes more than half a dozen rebel-held towns north, west and south of Damascus, rebels retain control of the Ghouta area, east of Damascus.
• Rif Dimashq offensive (November 2012–February 2013): Free Syrian Army takes control of Darayya, Zamalka, Harasta and Arbin, offensive stalls in early January 2013, due to continuing air-strikes. Army launches a major offensive on rebel-held Darayya in mid-January.
• Rif Dimashq offensive (March–August 2013): Syrian Army captures the towns of Jdaidet al-Fadl, Jdeidit Artouz, Otaiba, Qaysa, Jarba, Harran Al-Awamid and Abadeh cutting the main rebel supply line into Damascus. Syrian Army surrounds the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, surrounds and partially advances into the rebel-held Qaboun, Barzeh and Jobar suburbs.
• Rif Dimashq offensive (September–November 2013): Syrian Army captures the towns of Shaba’a, Sheikh Omar, al-Thiabiya, Husseiniya, Bweida, Hatetat al-Turkman, Al-Sabinah.
• Battle of Al-Malihah: Syrian Army captures Al-Maliha after a four-month battle.
• Rif Dimashq offensive (August–November 2014): The Syrian Army captures Heteta al-Jersh and Adra and recaptures al-Dukhaniyya and Kabbasa.
• Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) invades Yarmouk Camp, with aid from al-Nusra Front, and manages to capture 95% of the camp on 7 April, before Syrian rebel groups and the Syrian Army launch a counterattack on 12 April to drive ISIL and al-Nusra Front out of the area.
• Rif Dimashq offensive (September 2015): limited rebel gains.
• Al-Dumayr offensive (April 2016): Syrian Army repels ISIL's offensive.

Resume of Battles/Offensives from
Rif Dimashq Governorate Campaign

Battle	Timespan	Pro-Government	Opposition
1st Rif Dimashq	November 2011–March 2012	800 killed	1,000 killed
2nd Rif Dimashq	August–October 2012	Unknown	1,500 killed
3rd Rif Dimashq	November 2012–February 2013	690 killed	1,040 killed
4th Rif Dimashq	March–August 2013	1,150 killed	2,125 killed
5th Rif Dimashq	September–November 2013	115 killed	1,000 killed
6th Rif Dimashq	August–November 2014	175 killed	678 killed
7th Rif Dimashq	11-27 September 2015	41 killed	170 killed
Total Casualties	November 2011 – Present*	At least 2,930 killed	7,343 killed

*Ongoing Event

Maps 2012–2015