16 March 2014

⚔The battle for Qalamoun

AttackerHezbollahSyria / Syrian Army➜TargetArmed Islamist groups (al-Qaeda, Nusra, ISIS, Assir…)

On 16 March 2014 Yabroud, the opposition's last stronghold in Qalamoun, fell to the Syrian army and Hezbollah; the gunmen's supply line towards Arsal and the Bekaa was cut, and the wave of car bombs receded.

▲ Nasrallah after Rouwaiss: "I will go to Syria myself"Fall of Maaloula, the last Qalamoun village ▼

Cause

Nasrallah after Rouwaiss: "I will go to Syria myself" (context)Two bombs outside the Iranian cultural centre (context)

Leads to

Fall of Maaloula, the last Qalamoun village The fall of Krak des Chevaliers

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