Qalamoun offensive (July–August 2017)

Battle of Qalamoun (2013 - 15 August 2017)

Syrian Government & Hezbollah control Lebanese Government & Hezbollah control Syrian Opposition control

For a war map of the current situation in Rif Dimashq, see .

Date

21 July 2017 – 28 August 2017
(1 month and 1 week)

Location

Result

Decisive Syrian Army, Hezbollah and Lebanese Army victory

Saraya Ahl al-Sham surrender, transferred with their families to eastern Qalamoun
7,000 Syrian refugees and Tahrir al-Sham fighters transferred to Idlib
Hezbollah took over the Arsal valley and concluded a ceasefire with members of Tahrir al-Sham on the transfer to the province of Idlib
ISIL remnants agree to withdraw to Abu Kamal.
The Lebanese Army and Syrian Army gain full control of the Syrian-Lebanese border for the first time in six years.
End of the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon

Belligerents

Lebanon
Support:

Commanders and leaders

Hassan Nasrallah
(Secretary-General of Hezbollah)
Frontline commanders:
Haji Abdul Wahab Shuaib †
Hassan Abdul Moneim al-Jaradi †
Ali Fadi Amr †
Mahdi Mohsen Raad †
Hussein Salim †
Yasser Ayman Shams †
Hassan Ali Hamoud †