Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015)

Map of the territorial control in southern Damascus during the battle, on 4 April 2015

Truce/ceasefire zones

Date	1–20 April 2015 (2 weeks and 5 days)
Location	Yarmouk Camp, Southern Damascus, Syria
Result	Partial ISIL victory 2,000 people were evacuated from the district Rebels repel ISIL attack on the al-Qaboun and Barzah districts Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis dissolves and joins Syrian government forces
Territorial changes	ISIL and al-Nusra Front initially seized 95% of the district, gains later reduced to 40%

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Unknown

Zahran Alloush
(Jaysh al-Islam leader)
Abo Hammam
(Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis leader)
Ahmad Zaghmout (WIA)
(Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis leader)

Ahmed Jibril (PFLP-GC leader)

Units involved

Liwa Sham al-Rasul

Liwa al-Asifa

Jihad Jibril Brigade
Popular Committee-Yarmouk Refugee Camp

Casualties and losses

80 killed
(Jaysh al-Islam claim)
36 killed
(PFLP-GC claim)

9–15 killed, 10 captured

5 killed

8–13 civilians executed by ISIL
38 killed overall (8 civilians; SOHR)
4,000 civilians displaced

Partial ISIL victory

The Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) is a battle that broke out in April 2015, during the Syrian Civil War, when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stormed the rebel-held Yarmouk Camp. The Yarmouk Camp is a district of Damascus that is home to the largest community of Palestinian refugees in Syria.