Battle of Sadad | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian civil war and the persecution of Syrian Christians[1][2] | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,000 fighters[4] | 1,000 soldiers[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
100+ killed[5] | 100+ killed[5] | ||||||
46 civilians killed,[6] 30 wounded, 10 missing[7] |
The Battle of Sadad was fought during the Syrian Civil War, in October 2013, when rebel forces attacked the town of Sadad, an Orthodox-Christian Aramean (Syriac) majority town.[8][9] 46 local men, women, and children were killed by rebel forces during the battle.[6][5][10]
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