Rif Dimashq blockades

Siege of Rif Dimashq
Part of 2011 Syrian uprising
Date 25 April 2011 – ongoing
Location Rif Dimashq, Syria
Result Ongoing
Belligerents
Syrian opposition.
  • Opposition protesters
 Syrian Army

Assad loyalist militants
Strength
10,00-40,000 protesters

The Rif Dimashq blockades by the military were launched by Syrian authorities on the different towns in Rif Dimashq Governorate in 2011, in response to the protests in 2011. The first town besieged was Duma, a suburb of Damascus, which began on 25 April. This was soon followed by the blockading of various other towns and suburbs such as Moadamyeh, Darayya, Zabadani, Kanaker, Kiswah, and neighborhoods of Damascus such as Irbin, Zamalka, Saqba, Midan, Qadam, Hajar al Aswad, Qaboun, Salhiyeh, Harasta, and Mezzeh

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