Siege of Daraa

When

25 Apr 2011 – 5 May 2011

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

32.62° N, 36.12° E

Description

2011 Syrian military operation in the Syrian city of Daraa

Syrian military operation in the Syrian city of Daraa

The siege of Daraa occurred within the context of the 2011 Arab Spring protests in Syria, in which Daraa was the center of unrest. On 25 April 2011, the Syrian Army began a ten-day siege of the city, an operation that helped escalate the uprising into an armed rebellion and subsequent civil war.

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