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Battle of Anadan

Battle of Anadan
معركة عندان
Part of the Battle of Aleppo and the 2012–13 escalation of the Syrian Civil War

Rebel fighters with a captured Syrian Army T-55 at the Anadan checkpoint during the battle
Date29–30 July 2012
Location
Anadan, Aleppo Governorate
Result

Rebel victory

  • Rebels gain control of Anadan checkpoint
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army

Syrian Arab Republic

Commanders and leaders
Gen. Abdel Nasser Firzat[1]
1st Lt. Rifaat Khalil[1]
(Muthanna ibn Haritha Battalion)		 Unknown
Units involved

Conquest Brigade

  • Muthanna ibn Haritha Battalion[2]

Al-Tawhid Brigade

  • Free North Battalion[3]

Syrian Army

  • Infantry Border Guard Brigade
    • 111th Regiment
Strength
150 fighters
1 BMP-1[4]		 130+ soldiers[5]
12 tanks[6]
1 helicopter[6]
Casualties and losses
4 killed[7] 6 killed,[8]
25 captured,[5][7]
1–2 main battle tanks destroyed and
8 captured[9][10]
5 APCs captured[9]

The Battle of Anadan (Arabic: معركة عندان) was a ten-hour-long armed confrontation between the rebels of the Free Syrian Army and soldiers of the Syrian Army that occurred when FSA forces attempted to overrun a large army checkpoint in the Anadan area.[11] At the end of the battle, FSA fighters successfully seized the checkpoint.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fled was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bolling (2012), pp. 8, 9.
  3. ^ Bolling (2012), p. 8.
  4. ^ "Syria: Rebels Plan Own Assault On Aleppo". Sky News. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Syria rebels seize strategic checkpoint - thenews.com.pk". The News International, Pakistan. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b "CNN inside Syria: Firefight for control of army base – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Bashar soldiers 'fled like rats': rebels | News24". News24. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. ^ "FSA seizes checkpoint between Aleppo, Turkey as France to seek U.N. meeting". English.alarabiya.net. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  9. ^ a b Bolling (2012), p. 9.
  10. ^ "Syrian rebels seize strategic checkpoint between Aleppo and Turkey, according to rebel officer". Al Jazeera Blogs. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Syrian troops 'fled like rats' in checkpoint fight". Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.

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