Al-Otaiba ambush

When

26 Feb 2014

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

33.80° N, 37.02° E

Description

2014 ambush, part of the Syrian civil war

Part of the Syrian civil war

The Al-Otaiba ambush was a military operation conducted on 26 February 2014 by Hezbollah against alleged al-Nusra militants at Al-Otaiba, a village in East Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria. In the ambush, a long, single-file column of alleged al-Nusra Front fighters were obliterated by multiple, simultaneous IED blasts. They were then targeted by Hezbollah with additional secondary explosions and small-arms fire.

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